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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Suiyuan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan/Hohhot (, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hohhot in China. History * December 21, 1883: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古 * March 14, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Suiyuan * 1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Suiyuan 綏遠 Leadership * Archbishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...s of Suiyuan (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Paul Meng Qinglu (2010–present) ** Archbishop John Baptist Wang Xi-xian (1997 - 2005) ** Archbishop Francis Wang Xueming (王學明) (August 19, 1951 – February 10, 1997) ** Archbishop Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. (April 11, 1946 – August 19, 1951) * Vicars Apostolic of Suiyuan � ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ...
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Louis Van Dyck
Louis van Dyck (; 21 January 1862 – 4 December 1937) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1915 and 1937. Biography Louis van Dyck was born in Loenhout, Flemish Region, Belgium, on 21 January 1862. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1882. He was ordained a priest on 30 May 1885. He came to Mongolia to preach in 1887. On 10 August 1915 the Holy See appointed Louis van Dyck as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan/Hohhot (, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hohhot in China. History * December 21, 1883: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 from the Apostolic Vicariate ... to replace the dead Bishop Alfonso Bermyn. He was consecrated on 23 January 1916. He retired in 1937, and died on 4 December that year, aged 75. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dyck, Louis 1862 births 1937 deaths People from Wuu ...
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Religious Organizations Established In 1883
Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or religious organization, organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendence (religion), transcendental, and spirituality, spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sac ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In China
The Catholic Church in Greater China comprises 152 Latin jurisdictions: * 21 ecclesiastical provinces (including one for Taiwan), consisting of 21 metropolitan archdioceses and 101 suffragan dioceses * 28 apostolic prefectures * 1 exempt diocese, the Diocese of Macau * 1 apostolic administration, the Apostolic Administration of Harbin Furthermore, the Eastern Catholic (Byzantine rite) Russian Greek Catholic Church has an exempt apostolic exarchate for China in Harbin. There is an apostolic nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) to China, in Taipei, the seat of government of the Republic of China on Taiwan, also charged with mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The Catholic Church recognizes the Republic of China as the sole government for all of China; nevertheless, it does not recognize all of its territorial claims. In this context, the term "China" is understood as including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan in its 1949 provincial boundaries and mainland Chin ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Xiwanzi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiwanzi/Chongli (, ) is a diocese located in the city of Xiwanzi, Chongli District in the ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan in China. History * August 20, 1840: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東 * December 21, 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古 * March 14, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chahar 察哈爾 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西彎子 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Xiwanzi 西彎子 Leadership * Bishops of Xiwanzi (Roman rite) ** Bishop Andrew Hao Jinli (1988 - 2011) ** Bishop Melchior Zhang Kexing (張克興) (November 24, 1951 – November 6, 1988) ** Bishop Leone Giovanni M. De Smedt, C.I.C.M. (April 11, 1946 – November 24, 1951) * Vicars Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西彎子 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Leone Giovanni M. De Smedt, C.I.C.M. (December 14, 1931 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Evera ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ningxia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia/Yinchuan (, ) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Suiyuan, in north(west)ern China, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. No statistics available. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in the city of Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region. History * Established on 14 March 1922 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia (), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia () * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Ningxia Episcopal ordinaries (all Roman rite; until 1980 European missionary members of a Latin congregation)http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ning0.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicars of Ningxia'' * Goffredo Frederix, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) () (born Belgium) (March 14, 1922–retired 1930), Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1920.03.08–1938 ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Jining
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jining (, ) is a diocese located in Jining (Ulanqab) in the ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan in China. History * February 8, 1929: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Jining 集寧 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西彎子 * April 1, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Jining 集寧 Special churches *Formal Cathedral: **玫瑰營天主堂 Leadership * Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...s of Jining 集寧 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Anthony Yao Shun (2019–)First Chinese bishop consecrated after Vatican- ...
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Alfons De Vos
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish an ...
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Ferdinand Hamer
Ferdinandus Hubertus Hamer C.I.C.M. (born 21 August 1840 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, died 23 July 1900 in To Tsjeng, Inner Mongolia, China) was a Catholic missionary to China and bishop who was killed in the Boxer Rebellion in China. Biography Father Ferdinand Hamer was one of the first group of five missionary priests and brother from the congregation of Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae who went to Inner Mongolia in China from Belgium in 1865. His three colleagues, among them the congregation's leader, Father Theophiel Verbist, died quickly, and then Father Hamer was left to return alone, although he had some lay workers to help him. Later, he became better with the language and the missionary work. In 1878, he was the first bishop to have responsibility for the apostolic vicariate of Gansu. In 1889 he was sent by the Pope to the apostolic vicariate of Southwest-Mongolia. Although he had problems again with language, the Chinese noted his extraordinary helpfulness and devo ...
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Alfons Bermyn
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish an ...
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Louis Morel
Louis Morel (; 30 October 1880 – 6 June 1971) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan from 1938 to 1951. Biography Louis Morel was born in Houthem–les–Comines (now Comines-Warneton), Wallonia, Belgium, on 30 October 1880. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1899. He was ordained a priest on 16 July 1905. He traveled to Mongolia to preach in the same year. On 21 March 1938, the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace Louis van Dyck Louis van Dyck (; 21 January 1862 – 4 December 1937) was a Belgian Catholic priest, missionary, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan between 1915 and 1937. Biography Louis van Dyck was born in Loenhout, Flemish Region, Belgiu ..., who died last year. He was consecrated on 18 October. He retired on 19 August 1951 and died on 6 June 1971 at the age of 90. References * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morel, Louis 1880 births ...
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Latin Church
The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' churches in full communion with the pope; the other 23 are collectively referred to as the Eastern Catholic Churches, and they have approximately 18 million members combined. The Latin Church is directly headed by the pope in his role as the bishop of Rome, whose ''cathedra'' as a bishop is located in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. The Latin Church both developed within and strongly influenced Western culture; as such, it is sometimes called the Western Church (), which is reflected in one of the pope's traditional titles in some eras and contexts, the Patriarch of the West. It is also known as the Roman Church (), the Latin Catholic Church, and in some contexts as the Roman Catholic (t ...
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