Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing (formerly spelled Shunking; Template:Langx; Template:Lang-zh), also known as Diocese of Nanchong, is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Established on August 2, 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong, Sichuan province. No statistics available.
Territory
The Diocese of Shunqing covers 34 cities and counties,[1] including Bazhong (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Guang'an (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Nanchong (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Suining (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Ziyang (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Dazhou (Script error: No such module "Lang"., formerly part of Eastern Szechwan Mission), totaling 25,000 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Diocese of Chengdu to the west, Diocese of Wanxian and Archdiocese of Chongqing to the east, Diocese of Hanzhong and Apostolic Prefecture of Xing'anfu to the north, and Diocese of Suifu to the south.
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Shunqing Diocese was part of the Western Szechwan Mission; map prepared by Template:Ill, 1889.
History
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- Established on August 2, 1929 as Apostolic Vicariate of Shunkingfu (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".; -fu meaning administrative prefecture), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Chengtu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[2]
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Shunking (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
St. Andrew's Priory
Upon the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking, Benedictine monks from St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges established the Priory of Saints Andrew and Peter at a site in the suburbs of Nanchong, known as Xishan (formerly romanized as Si-shan, Template:Literal translation), where a relic of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was kept.[3]
During the Second World War, the Benedictines served as auxiliary chaplains to the American soldiers stationed in this region. In 1942, it was felt that Chengdu, the capital city, would be a better place for a permanent priory. Therefore, in 1945, the Benedictines opened in that city the Institute of Chinese and Western Cultural Studies.[4]
The priory was transferred to Chengdu and formally inaugurated on July 11, 1949. Nevertheless, it only stayed there for a brief time, until December 25, 1949, when the communist invasion reached the city. Eventually, the priory was re-established in Valyermo, California, known today as St. Andrew's Abbey.[3]
Episcopal ordinaries
All Roman Rite and native bishops.
- Apostolic Vicar of Shunkingfu
- Template:Ill (December 2, 1929 – April 11, 1946 see below)
- Suffragan Bishop of Shunking
- Paul Wang Wencheng (see above April 11, 1946 – January 28, 1961)
- Suffragan Bishops of Shunqing
- uncanonical: Template:Ill (1963 – death 1987.12.17), without papal mandate
- uncanonical: Template:Ill (1989 – retired 2001), without papal mandate; died 2004
- Template:Ill (2012 – ...)
See also
References
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