Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing
Archdiocese of Nanjing Archidioecesis Nanchinensis 天主教南京总教区 | |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francis Savio Lu Xinping |
The Roman Catholic Church in China.
History
It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangnan on January 21, 1856 by Pope Pius IX, and its name was later changed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsu on August 8, 1921 and to the Vicariate Apostolic of Nanjing on May 1, 1922. Pope Pius XII elevated it on April 11, 1946 to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese, with the suffragan sees of Haimen, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Xuzhou.
The archdiocese's
Communist government and the Holy See. On January 6, 2000, Francis Savio Lu Xinping
was ordained the new bishop of Nanjing along with four others in an illicit ceremony in Beijing's South Cathedral. Since then he has been reconciled to the Holy See.
List of Ordinaries of Nanjing
Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing
- Ignace Cotolendi (1660–1662)
- sede vacante
- Gregory Luo Wen-zao, O.P. (1674–1690)
Bishop of Nanjing
- Gregory Luo Wen-zao, O.P. (1690–1691), also known as Gregory Lopez in the Philippines
- Father Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang
- Father Francisco Spinola, S.J. (Coadjutator, 1690–1694), appointed 1690 but did not take effect as he died in 1694 before reaching China, never consecrated[5]
- Father
- Alessandro Ciceri, S.J. (1694–1703)
- Antonio de Silva, S.J. (1707–1726)
- António Paes Godinho, S.J. (1718–1721)
- Emmanuel de Jesus-Maria-Joseph, O.F.M. (1721–1739)
- Francesco de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, O.F.M. Ref. (1742–1750)
- Gottfried Xaver von Laimbeckhoven, S.J. (1752–1787)
- Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. (1787–1804)
- C.M.(1804–1838)
Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan
- S.J.(1859–1862)
- SJ(1864–1878)
- S.J.(1879–1898)
- S.J.(1899)
- S.J.(1900–1931)
Vicar Apostolic of Kiangsu
- Próspero París, S.J.(1900–1931)
Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing
- Próspero París, S.J.(1900–1931)
- S.J.(1931–1933)
- Paul Yü Pin(1936–1978)
Archdiocese of Nanjing
- Paul Yü Pin (1936–1978)
- Francis Xavier Lu Xinping (2000–present)
See also
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing
- Christianity in China
- Roman Catholicism in China
- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
- List of Catholic cathedrals in China
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in China
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured_view)-Episcopal Conference of China
Further reading
- David Strong, A Call to Mission -- A History of the Jesuits in China 1842-1954. Volume 1: The French Romance, ATF Press, 2018.
References
- ^ a b www.catholic-hierarchy.org | Statistics - Archdiocese of Nanjing
- ISBN 9780824500108.
- ISBN 9780521816052.
China was divided into three padroado dioceses with limited territory: the diocese of Beijing included the provinces of Zhili and Shandong as well as the territory of Liaodung in Manchuria; the diocese of Nanjing consisted of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Henan; and the diocese of Macao included Guangdong, Guangxi, and the island of Hainan
- ^ "羅文藻主教生平 (Bishop Luo Wenzao's Biography)". Chinese Regional Bishops Conference (in Chinese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2007.
- ISBN 9788489708990.
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