The Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong (or Lintung) is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a titular bishop, in
China
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.
It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
On 1937.05.18, it was established as
Apostolic Prefecture
An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
of
Lindong 林東 (中文) alias Lintung, on territory split off from the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Szepingkai 四平街).
Ordinaries
''(all
Roman rite
The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ...
)''
;''Apostolic Prefects of Lindong''
* Edgar Larochelle (藍德),
Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (1937.07.23 – 1938), later
Superior General
A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of an 'order' of religious persons (nuns, priests, friars, etc) or, in other words, of a 'religious institute' in the Catholic Church, and in some other Christian denominations. The super ...
of the Society of Foreign Missions (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)
* Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E. (1939.03.31 – 1943.07.29)
* Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E. (1946.11.28 – 1956.11.11), later
Apostolic Vicar
Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
*Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
of
Pucallpa
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(Peru) (1956.11.11 – 1989.10.23) &
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Ammædara (1956.11.11 – 2005.11.13)
* ''uncanonical Francis Xavier Guo Zheng-ji (郭正基) (1990 – death 2004.05.03), consecrated Bishop 1990.10.28 without papal mandate''
* Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (2004– ...); consecrated Bishop clandestinely 2004.05.07
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in China
The Catholic Church ( zh, p=Tiānzhǔ jiào, c=天主教, l=Religion of the Lord of Heaven, after the Chinese term for the Christian God) first appeared in China upon the arrival of John of Montecorvino in China proper during the Yuan dynasty ...
Source and External links
GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
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Apostolic prefectures
Roman Catholic dioceses in China