The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yujiang/Yükíang ( la, Iüchiamen(sis), ) is a

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located in Yujiang (

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

) in the

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Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

in China.

History

* August 28, 1885: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 * August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 抚州 * June 1, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang 餘江 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yujiang 餘江

Leadership

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s of Yujiang 餘江 (Roman rite) ** Bishop John Peng Weizhao (2014–), from 2012 as Apostolic Administrator ** Bishop

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(1988 – 2012) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (April 11, 1946 – March 12, 1960) * Vicars Apostolic of Yujiang 餘江 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop William Charles Quinn, C.M. (May 28, 1940 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (December 10, 1934 – November 3, 1938) ** Bishop Edward T. Sheehan, C.M. (February 4, 1929 – September 9, 1933) ** Bishop Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. (August 19, 1912 – January 5, 1928) * Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (July 11, 1885 – June 2, 1912)

References

GCatholic.org

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