Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding
Encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/Kanting is a diocese
located in the city of Kangding
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Chongqing in China.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Kangding
Kangding
Kangding or Dardo is the name of a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. It is administrated at the city of Kangding...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Chongqing in China.
History
- March 27, 1846: Established as Apostolic VicariateApostolic vicariateAn apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more...
of Lhassa 拉薩 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川 - July 28, 1868: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Kangding 康定
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Kangding 康定 (Roman rite)- Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1946.04.11 – 1962.01.07)
- Vicars Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11)
- Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (1924.12.03 – 1936.08.09)
- Vicars Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03)
- Bishop Félix BietFélix BietFélix Biet was a French missionary and naturalist.Félix Biet was ordained as a priest in 1864. He was next sent to Tatsienlu in Tibet as a missionary and he became a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding in 1898...
, M.E.P. (1878.08.27 – 1901.09.09) - Bishop Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. (1864.09.09 – 1877.12.21)
- Vicars Apostolic of Lhassa 拉薩 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, M.E.P. (1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28)