Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/Kanting (Latin: Dioecesis Camtimensis, Chinese: 天主教康定教區) is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Roman Missionary Congregation Propaganda Fide.
Diocese of Kangding Dioecesis Camtimensis 天主教康定教区 | |
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 The former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Kangding (exterior and interior), built in the 19th century and demolished during the Cultural Revolution. It was replaced by the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus built in 1997. | |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chongqing |
| Metropolitan | Chongqing |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 4,000,000 5,870 (0.1%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Kangding |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede vacante |
Its episcopal see is located in the city of Kangding, know to the Tibetan as Dartsedo. It is vacant since 1962.
Territory
The diocese includes the western part of Sichuan Province and theoretically the entire Tibet Autonomous Region. Specifically, it covers the two historical regions of Kham and Sikkim (the latter with its headquarters in Darjeeling, separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet in 1920); Western Sichuan such as the counties and cities of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture: Batang, Dapba, Draggo, Garzê, Jagsam, Litang, Nyachukha, Nyagrong, Pelyül, Qagchêng, Rongzhag, Sêrxü, Tatsienlu, Tawu; two counties in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture: Quqên and Tsanlha; Hanyuan County in Central Sichuan; counties in the former province of Hsikang: Dengke, Enda, Kemai, Ningjing, Taizhao; two counties and one city of Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Northwestern Yunnan Province: Dêqên, Shangri-La and Weixi; and counties and cities of the Tibet Autonomous Region: Chagyab and Gonjo (Chamdo), Gonggar (Lhoka), and Lhari (Nagqu).[1]
History
- Established on March 27, 1846 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩 (after its Tibetan see), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川 and Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan
- Renamed on July 28, 1868 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet (Vicariatus Apostolicus Thibetanus; 西藏)
- Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tatsienlu (Vicariatus Apostolicus de Tatsienlu; 打箭爐)
- Lost territory on 15 December 1929 to establish the then Mission sui iuris of Sikkim (now diocese of Darjeeling)
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Kangding (Dioecesis Camtimensis; 康定)
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Vicars of Lhassa 拉薩
- Ignazio Persico, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1856.12.19 – 1860), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (Mauretania Caesariensis) (1854.03.08 – 1870.03.11); later Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1870.03.20 – 1874.06.20), Titular Bishop of Bolina (1874.06.23 – 1879.03.26) & Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (Italy) (1874.06.20 – 1879.03.26), succeeded as Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14), then Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1887.03.14 – 1893.01.16), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.06.13 – 1893.05.30), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1893.01.19 – 1895.12.07), Prefect of the Roman Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1893.05.30 – 1895.12.07)
- Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28), Titular Bishop of Synopolis (1856.04.04 – 1869.01.25)
- Apostolic Vicars of Tibet 西藏
- Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. (1864.09.09 – death 1877.12.21), Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1846.03.27 – 1877.12.21), formerly Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1846.03.27 – 1864.09.09)
- Félix Biet, M.E.P. (1878.08.27 – death 1901.09.09), Titular Bishop of Diana (see) (1878.07.23 – 1901.09.09)
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1897.02.15 – 1941.11.13), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1897.02.15 – 1901.09.09)
- Apostolic Vicars of Tatsienlu 打箭爐
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (see above 1924.12.03 – retired 1936.08.09)
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11 'see below), Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1926.11.16 – 1946.04.11), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tatsienlu 打箭爐 (1926.11.11 – 1936.08.06)
- Suffragan Bishops of Kangding 康定
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1946.04.11 – death 1962.01.07)
- John Baptist Wang Ruohan, (underground bishop, 1989.11 – ?)
- indefinite vacancy
See also
References
- Qin, Heping; Shen, Xiaohu, eds. (2008). 四川基督教资料辑要 [A Collection of Historical Documents on Christianity in Sichuan] (in Simplified Chinese). Chengdu: Bashu Publishing House. pp. 603–604. ISBN 978-7-80752-226-3.
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