Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing

Located in China Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing (Latin Archidioecesis Ciomchimensis ) was established on 2 April 1856 Apostolic Vicariate Se - Ciuen and changed its name on December 3, 1924 at Chung King.

Collected on 11 April 1946 Archdiocese counted the 350,000 km ² Diocese 1950 37 608 Catholics (0.3%) in 42 parishes with 42 diocesan priests, six monks and 114 nuns.

The Archbishop is the Metropolitan dioceses Chengdu, Kangding, Kiating, Xichang, Nanchong, Yibin, Wanzhou.

Apostolic vicars

  • Eugène -Jean -Claude -Joseph Desflèches, MEP (1856 - 1883)
  • Eugène -Paul Coupat, MEP (1883 - 1890)
  • Célestin -Félix- Joseph Chouvellon, MEP (1891 - 1924)

Archbishops

  • Francesco Saverio Jantzen, MEP ( Vicar Apostolic: 1925; Archbishop: 1946-1950 )

Also see: List of the Catholic dioceses, Catholic Church

  • Roman Catholic diocese (China)
  • Religion ( Chongqing)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing
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