Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing/Nanking (Latin: Archidioecesis Nanchinensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in China.

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Archdiocese of Nanjing

Archidioecesis Nanchinensis

天主教南京总教区
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Nanjing
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceNanjing
Coordinates32.044751°N 118.778343°E / 32.044751; 118.778343
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1949)
6,000,000 [1]
32,536 [1] (0.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancis Savio Lu Xinping
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History

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Mgr Ignace Cotolendi (1630-1662) was the first appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing.

It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing in 1659 by Pope Alexander VII, and promoted to a diocese by Pope Alexander VIII on April 10, 1690. On 15 October 1696, its territory was reduced by Pope Innocent XII to two provinces: Jiangnan (the present day provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanghai) and Ho-nan (Henan province).[2][3] The diocese was demoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangnan on January 21, 1856 by Pope Pius IX, and its name was later changed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsu on August 8, 1921 and to the Vicariate Apostolic of Nanjing on May 1, 1922. Pope Pius XII elevated it on April 11, 1946 to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese, with the suffragan sees of Haimen, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Xuzhou.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception also known as the Shigu Road church. There were a number of years without a bishop after the death of Paul Cardinal Yü Pin on August 16, 1978, because of the irregular relations between the Communist government and the Holy See. On January 6, 2000, Francis Savio 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 Nanjing

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Dioceses and Apostolic Vicariates of China in 1696

Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing

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Bishop of Nanjing

  • Gregory Luo Wen-zao, O.P. (1690–1691), also known as Gregory Lopez in the Philippines
    • Father Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. (Administrator, 1691–1694), nominated by Wen-zao as his successor on May 29, 1688 under authority granted by the Holy See, served as administrator upon Wen-zao's death,[4] not consecrated until 1700 as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang
    • Father Francisco Spinola, S.J. (Coadjutator, 1690–1694), appointed 1690 but did not take effect as he died in 1694 before reaching China, never consecrated[5]
  • Alessandro Ciceri, S.J. (1694–1703)
  • Antonio de Silva, S.J. (1707–1726)
  • António Paes Godinho, S.J. (1718–1721)
  • Emmanuel de Jesus-Maria-Joseph, O.F.M. (1721–1739)
  • Francesco de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, O.F.M. Ref. (1742–1750)
  • Gottfried Xaver von Laimbeckhoven, S.J. (1752–1787)
  • Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. (1787–1804)
  • Cayetano Pires Pireira, C.M. (1804–1838)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangsu

  • Próspero París, S.J. (1900–1931)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing

Archdiocese of Nanjing

See also

Further reading

  • David Strong, A Call to Mission -- A History of the Jesuits in China 1842-1954. Volume 1: The French Romance, ATF Press, 2018.

References

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