Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanking

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Metropolitan
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Archdiocese
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of Nanking
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is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese

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of the Roman Catholic Church

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in China

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. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate
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of Nanking in 1659 by Pope Alexander VII

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, and promoted to a diocese by Pope Alexander VIII

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on April 10, 1690. However, the diocese was demoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangnan
Vicariate Apostolic of Kiang-nan
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on January 21, 1856 by Pope Pius IX

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, and its name was later changed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsu on August 8, 1921 and to the Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking on May 1, 1922. Pope Pius XII

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elevated it on April 11, 1946 to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese

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, with the suffragan sees

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of Haimen, Shanghai

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai

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, Suzhou, and Xuzhou.

The archdiocese's motherchurch

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and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing

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also known as the Shigu Road church. There were a number of years without a bishop after the death of Paul Cardinal Yü Pin

Paul Yü Pin

Paul Yü Pin was a Chinese cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.-Biography:Paul Yü Pin was born in Hai-lun, Kirin, to Shuayuan Yu Pin and...

on August 16, 1978, because of the irregular relations between the Communist government

People's Republic of China

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and the Holy See

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. On January 6, 2000, Francis Xavier Lu Xinping was ordained the new bishop of Nanjing along with four others in an illicit ceremony in Beijing's South Cathedral. Since then he has been reconciled to the Holy See.

List of Ordinaries of Nanking

Ignace Cotolendi
Ignace Cotolendi
Ignace Cotolendi was a French bishop. He was a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and became a missionnary in Asia.-Life:...

(1660–1662)
Gregory Luo Wen-zao
Luo Wenzao
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, OP
Dominican Order
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(1674–1691)
Cayetano Pires Pireira, CM
Lazarists
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(1804–1838)
André-Pierre Borgniet, SJ
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(1859–1862)
Adrien-Hyppolyte Languillat, SJ
Society of Jesus
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(1864–1878)
Valentin Garnier, SJ
Society of Jesus
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(1879–1898)
Jean-Baptiste Simon, SJ
Society of Jesus
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(1899)
Próspero París
Próspero París
Próspero París, SJ was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Apostolic Vicar of Nanking from 1900 until his death....

, SJ
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(1900–1931)
Auguste Haouisée
Auguste Haouisée
Auguste Haouissée, SJ was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar....

, SJ
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(1931–1933)
Paul Yü Pin
Paul Yü Pin
Paul Yü Pin was a Chinese cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.-Biography:Paul Yü Pin was born in Hai-lun, Kirin, to Shuayuan Yu Pin and...

(1936–1978)
Francis Xavier Lu Xinping (2000–present)

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List of Ordinaries of Nanking

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