Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan (Template:Langx; Template:Lang-zh), also known as Diocese of Xichang or Sichang, is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Xichang (formerly known as Ningyuan or Kienchang) in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It was established on August 12, 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan) in the province's Nosuland.
Territory
The Diocese of Ningyuan covers the cities of Xichang (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and Panzhihua, the counties of Dechang, Huidong, Huili (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mianning, Miyi, Yanyuan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and some surrounding villages, totaling 120,000 square kilometers.[1] It is bordered by the Diocese of Kangding to the west and northwest, Diocese of Suifu to the east, Diocese of Jiading to the northeast, Diocese of Dali to the southwest, and Archdiocese of Kunming to the east and south.
History
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- August 12, 1910: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang (Script error: No such module "Lang".) from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningyuanfu (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Ningyuan (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
One of the headquarters of the Spanish Redemptorist missions in Sichuan was based in the Apostolic Vicariate of Ningyuanfu.[2]
Bishops
- Vicars Apostolic of Kienchang
- Template:Ill, M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (August 12, 1910 – April 28, 1916)
- Template:Ill, M.E.P. (March 31, 1918 – December 3, 1924)
- Vicars Apostolic of Ningyuanfu
- Joseph Bourgain, M.E.P. (December 3, 1924 – September 30, 1925)
- Template:Ill, M.E.P. (March 18, 1927 – April 11, 1946)
- Bishops of Ningyuan
- Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – August 6, 1954)
- Sede vacante
- Michael Xie Chaogang (May 5, 1991 – January 2, 1999), without papal mandate
- John Lei Jiapei (December 2, 2016 – present)
Gallery
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Episcopal see of Ningyuen, 1913.
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See also
- Anglican Diocese of Szechwan
- Joche Albert Ly – Superior of the Marist Brothers at Xichang
- Juan Campos Rodríguez – Spanish Redemptorist missionary ministering in Xichang
References
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