The Apostolic Administration of Harbin (哈爾濱 or 中文) is a

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pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the

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, China. It is exempt directly to the

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and its Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its

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is the Cathedral of the

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, in

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

, Heilongjiang province, PR China.

History

It was established on 28 May 1931 as Apostolic Administration of Harbin, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia (Czarist

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n empire).catholic-hierarchy.org
/ref> Initially the Holy See only nominated Italians from the papal diplomacy, but from 2011 it has its native incumbent. However, from 1959, an "alternative" line of the national church without papal mandate was set up by the PRC.

Ordinaries

;''Apostolic Administrators of Harbin 哈爾濱'' * Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) (1931.05.28 – 1933.11.03), previously

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) (1920.04.30 – 1921.07.21) and

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of Hierapolis (1921.07.22 – 1922.09.09), then

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(papal diplomatic envoy) to China (1922.08.12 – 1933.11.03) and

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of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia (1922.09.09 – 1953.01.12), Founder of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (1931.03.31); later Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1935.12.20 – retired 1953.01.12), created

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of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1953.01.15 – 1958.06.09),

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of Apostolic Chancery (1954.05.22 – 1958.10.17), cardinal title transferred to Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1958.06.09 – death 1958.10.17) * Mario Zanin (蔡寧) (1934.01.07 – 1946), Titular Archbishop of Trajanopolis in Rhodope (1933.11.28 – death 1958.08.04), later as Apostolic Delegate to China (1934.01.07 – 1946),

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(papal ambassador) to

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(1947.03.21 – 1953.02.07), Apostolic Nuncio to

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(1953.02.07 – death 1958.08.04) * Joseph Yue Fusheng (2012.07.06), first native (since September 22, 2018 recognized by Vatican).

References

Sources and external links

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