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{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in China}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Changde
|local = 天主教常德教区
|latin = Dioecesis Ciamteanus
|image=天主堂正面 20240229.jpg
|caption= Changde Cathedral
|country = {{flag|China}}
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha|Changsha]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha|Changsha]]
|rite = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]
|cathedral =
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 10,000
|population = 3,200,000
|population_as_of = 1950
|catholics = 6,690
|catholics_percent= 0.2
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = [[Sede Vacante]]
|metro_archbishop = [[Methodius Qu Ailin]]
|apostolic_admin = Methodius Qu Ailin
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde''' ({{langx|la|Ciamtean(us)}}, {{zh|常德}}) is a [[suffragan]] Latin [[diocese]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha|Changsha]], in Central China, yet depends on the missionary [[Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].

Its episcopal see is the city of [[Changde]]. No statistics available.

It is vacant since 1965, but has an [[Apostolic administrator]] since 2012.

== History ==
* Established on 19 September 1879 as '''[[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Northern Hunan''' 湖南北境, on territory split off from the then [[Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan]] 湖南
* Renamed on 3 December 1924, after its see, as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Changde''' 常德 / Changteh / de Changteh (Latin)
* Lost territory repeatedly : on 1925.03.13 to establish the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou]] 辰州, on 1931.05.06 to establish the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian]] 澧縣 and on 1931.05.07 to establish the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang]] 岳陽
* Promoted on 11 April 1946 as '''Diocese of Changde''' 常德 / Changteh / Ciamtean(us) (Latin)

== Episcopal ordinaries ==
(all [[Roman rite]]) <ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chan3.htm GCatholic.org</ref>

;''Apostolic Vicars of Northern Hunan'' 湖南北境
*''[[Pro-Apostolic Vicar]] Father Elías Suárez, [[Augustinians]]'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1879.09.19 – retired 1884.07.25), died 1885
*''[[Pro-Vicar Apostolic]] Saturnino de La Torre Merino, [[Augustinians]]'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1884.07.25 – 1896), died 1916
* [[Luis Pérez y Pérez]] (born Spain) (10 March 1896 – death 15 April 1910), [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Corycus]] (1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15)
*''Father Agustín González'', O.E.S.A. (born Spain) (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed), Titular Bishop of [[Adraha]] (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed)
* [[Juvencio Hospital de la Puebla]], O.S.A. (born Spain) (18 September 1911 – retired March 1917), Titular Bishop of [[Caunas]] (1911.09.18 – death 1957.10.04)
* Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (born Spain) (22 March 1917 – 3 December 1924 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Calœ (1917.03.22 – death 1940.06.28)

;''Apostolic Vicars of Changde'' 常德
* [[Angel Diego y Carbajal]], O.S.A. (''see above'' December 2, 1924 – retired November 16, 1938)
* Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (11 December 1939 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of [[Zorolus]] (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11)

;''Suffragan Bishops of Changde'' 常德
* Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – death 23 April 1965)
*'' Michael Yan Gao-jian'' (楊高堅), O.S.A. (1958 – ?), without papal mandate
*''[[Apostolic Administrator]] Methodius Qu Ai-lin'' (屈藹林) (2012 – ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha|Changsha]] 長沙 (China) (2012 - ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three [[suffragan]] dioceses [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Yuanling|Yuanling]] 沅陵 and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou|Hengzhou]] 衡州, Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian]] 澧縣 (China), Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou]] 永州, Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang]] 岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan]] 湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing]] 寶慶 (all China, all 2012 - ...)..

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources and external links ==

* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chan3.htm GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchnh.html Catholic Hierarchy]

{{coord missing|Hunan}}

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[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in China]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1879]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century]]

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