The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde (, ) is a

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Latin

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in the

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Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

, in Central China, yet depends on the missionary

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. Its episcopal see is the city of

Changde Changde (; Traditional Chinese characters, traditional Chinese: 常德區 ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. Changde, known as "Wuling" in ancient times, is located on the west side of Do ...

. No statistics available. It is vacant since 1965, but has an

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since 2012.

History

* Established on 19 September 1879 as

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of Northern Hunan 湖南北境, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南 * Renamed on 3 December 1924, after its see, as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 / Changteh / de Changteh (Latin) * Lost territory repeatedly : on 1925.03.13 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州, on 1931.05.06 to establish the

Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian (Li County, Hunan), central China. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical provinc ...

澧縣 and on 1931.05.07 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Changde 常德 / Changteh / Ciamtean(us) (Latin)

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chan3.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicars of Northern Hunan'' 湖南北境 *'' Pro-Apostolic Vicar Father Elías Suárez,

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'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1879.09.19 – retired 1884.07.25), died 1885 *'' Pro-Vicar Apostolic Saturnino de La Torre Merino,

'' (O.E.S.A.) (born Spain) (1884.07.25 – 1896), died 1916 * Luis Pérez y Pérez (born Spain) (10 March 1896 – death 15 April 1910),

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 ...

Corycus Corycus (; also transliterated Corycos or Korykos; ; , lit. "maiden castle") was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi (for ...

(1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15) *''Father Agustín González'', O.E.S.A. (born Spain) (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed), Titular Bishop of Adraha (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed) * Juvencio Hospital de la Puebla, O.S.A. (born Spain) (18 September 1911 – retired March 1917), Titular Bishop of

Caunas Kaunos ( Carian: ''Kbid'';. Translator Chris Markham. Lycian: ''Xbide''; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. The Calbys river (now know ...

(1911.09.18 – death 1957.10.04) * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (born Spain) (22 March 1917 – 3 December 1924 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Calœ (1917.03.22 – death 1940.06.28) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Changde'' 常德 * Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (''see above'' December 2, 1924 – retired November 16, 1938) * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (11 December 1939 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Zorolus (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Changde'' 常德 * Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – death 23 April 1965) *'' Michael Yan Gao-jian'' (楊高堅), O.S.A. (1958 – ?), without papal mandate *''

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Methodius Qu Ai-lin'' (屈藹林) (2012 – ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

長沙 (China) (2012 - ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three

dioceses

Yuanling Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecture-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi, Zhangjiajie, Changde and Yiy ...

沅陵 and Hengzhou 衡州, Apostolic Administrator of

澧縣 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou 永州, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan 湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing 寶慶 (all China, all 2012 - ...)..

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1879 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub