The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yuanling ( la, Iuen-limen(sis), ) is a

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located in the county of

Yuanling Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua, Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi Tujia and Mia ...

(

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

) in the

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Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...

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, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. No statistics available. It is vacant since 1968, but has an

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since 2012.

History

* Established on 13 March 1925 as the

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of Chenzhou 辰州 (中文) / Shenchow / de Shenchow (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 (now a diocese) * Promoted on 28 May 1934 as Apostolic Vicariate of Chenzhou 辰州 * Renamed on 10 December 1934 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yuanling 沅陵 * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Yuanling 沅陵 (中文) / Chenzhou 辰州 (中文) / Shen-Chou / Yüanlíng / Iüen-limen(sis) (Latin)

Ordinaries

(all

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, so far members of Latin congregations) ; Apostolic Prefects of Chenzhou 辰州 ) * Father Domenico Langenbacher,

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(C.P.) C.P. (born USA) (16 July 1925 – 1929) * Fr. Cutbert Martin O'Gara, C.P. (born Canada) (12 February 1930 – 28 May 1934 ''see below'') ; Apostolic Vicar of Yuanling 沅陵 * Cutbert Martin O'Gara, C.P. (''see above'' 28 May 1934 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''),

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(1934.05.28 – 1946.04.11) ; Suffragan

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s of Yuanling 沅陵 * Cutbert Martin O'Gara, C.P. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – death 13 May 1968) *''

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Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (2012 – ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

長沙 (2012 - ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three suffragan dioceses

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi City, Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent ...

, Yuanling and Hengzhou 衡州, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian (Li County, Hunan), central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical provinc ...

澧縣, Apostolic Administrator of

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永州, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Yueyang, Hunan province, central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province), and ...

岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of

Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of

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寶慶 (all PR China, all 2012 - ...).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christianity in Hunan Yuanling County

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