The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian (, ) is a

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located in the city of

Ningbo Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...

(

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) in the

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Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the bishop. The official cathedral is the one dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus but which used to be dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrow. The other cathedral is the one dedicated to the Assumption of Mary which was rebuilt from 1995–2000. The latter church is a former cathedral. The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was destroyed in a fire on July 28, 2014.

History

* 1687: Established as

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of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建 * October 15, 1696: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江 * 1838: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 * 1846: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江 * May 10, 1910: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chekiang 浙東 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo 寧波 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Ningbo 寧波

Leadership

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s of Ningbo (Roman rite) ** Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang-ke (2020–present) ** Bishop Mathew Hu Xiande (2004–2017) ** Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. (戴安德) (April 11, 1946 – April 7, 1967) * Vicars Apostolic of Ningbo 寧波 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. (戴安德) (December 23, 1926 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop

Paul-Marie Reynaud Paul-Marie Reynaud (April 12, 1854 – February 26, 1926) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and missionary in China. He was born in the department of Loire. He was a Vincentian. He was Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang (March 7, 1884 – May 10, 1910) ...

, C.M. (趙保祿) (December 3, 1924 – February 23, 1926) * Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang 浙東 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. (趙保祿) (May 10, 1910 – December 3, 1924) * Vicars Apostolic of Chekiang 浙江 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. (趙保祿) (March 7, 1884 – May 10, 1910) ** Bishop Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. (蘇鳳文 / 蘇發旺) (January 21, 1870 – August 8, 1883) ** Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. (安巴都) (1865 – September 29, 1869) ** Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. (田嘉璧 / 田類斯) (June 12, 1854 – January 21, 1870) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (顧方濟) (December 22, 1850 – 1854) ** Bishop

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, C.M. (石伯鐸) (March 27, 1846 – December 19, 1849) ** Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. (July 14, 1845 – March 26, 1846) * Vicars Apostolic of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop François-Alexis Rameaux, C.M. (December 11, 1838 – July 14, 1845)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in the 1680s Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century Christianity in Zhejiang {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub