Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name= Nanchang
南昌
latin=Archidioecesis Nanciamensis
country= China
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = 圣母无原罪主教座堂（西湖教堂）
("Immaculate Conception Cathedral")
cocathedral =
area=
population= 4,872,691
population_as_of= 1950
catholics= 25,996
catholics_percent= 0.5
bishop= "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang {Latin: " Nanciamen(sis)", 中文: 南昌} is an archdiocese located in the city of Nanchang in China.

History

*1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
* 1838: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
* 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
* August 19, 1879: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi
* August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang
* December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang
* April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang

Leadership

* Archbishops of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (July 18, 1946 – 1972)
* Vicars Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. (July 3, 1931 – February 19, 1944)
** Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet, C.M. (February 24, 1911 – February 13, 1931)
* Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. (September 24, 1905 – November 5, 1910)
** Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (August 19, 1879 – September 24, 1905)
* Vicars Apostolic of Kiangsi 江西 (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (March 15, 1870 – August 19, 1879)
** Bishop François-Xavier Danicourt, C.M. (顧方濟) (1854 – February 2, 1860)
** Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. (田嘉璧 / 田類斯) (February 27, 1852 – June 12, 1854)
** Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. (March 26, 1846 – July 20, 1850)

uffragan Dioceses

* Ganzhou 贛州
* Ji’an 吉安
* Nancheng 南城
* Yujiang 餘江

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/nanc0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnnch.html Catholic Hierarchy]


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