Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hankou 漢口, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Hankou 漢口 (中文) / Hankow / Hànkǒu 汉口 (简体中文) / Hancheuven(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Hanyang 漢陽, Laohekou 老河口, Puqi 蒲圻, Qichun 蘄春, Shinan 施南, Wuchang 武昌, Xiangyang 襄陽, Yichang 宜昌

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1696.10.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 (中文) / Húguǎng 湖广 (简体中文) / Houkouang (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建)
1856.04.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh 湖北 (中文) / Hu-pé / Húběi 湖北 (简体中文) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南)
1870.09.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境
1870.09.11: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (中文) / Hu-pé Orientale / Eastern Húběi 湖北东境 (简体中文) / de Hupé orientali (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北)
1923.12.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口 (中文) / Hankow / Hànkǒu 汉口 (简体中文) / de Hankow (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hanyang 漢陽 and Apostolic Prefecture of Puqi 蒲圻)
1929.07.18: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Huangzhou 黃州
1937.06.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian 隨縣
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hankou 漢口 (中文) / Hankow / Hànkǒu 汉口 (简体中文) / Hancheuven(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hanyang 漢陽, Laohekou 老河口, Qichun 蘄春, Shinan 施南, Wuchang 武昌 and Yichang 宜昌)
1951.05.10: Gained suffragan sees Puqi 蒲圻 and Xiangyang 襄陽

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.06.23 – ...):

Archbishop Francis Cui Qing-qi (崔慶琪), O.F.M. (60)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Hankou 漢口 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francis Cui Qing-qi (崔慶琪), O.F.M. (60)
(2021.06.23 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

成為一切，為了一切，僅遵聖言

Born:	1964.02 (Xiangyuan, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.08

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (2021.06.23 – ...)

Archbishop Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M.
(1994 – 2007.05.12)

Born:	1917.04.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1942
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.13 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2007.05.12 († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1958 – 1994▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1994 – 2007.05.12)

Archbishop Victor Liu He-de (劉和德), O.F.M.
(1984 – 2001.12.10)

Born:	1912.02.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1936.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.18
Died:	2001.12.10 († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1984 – 2001.12.10)

Archbishop Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M.
(1958 – 1994▼)

Born:	1917.04.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1942
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.13 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2007.05.12 († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1958 – 1994▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1994 – 2007.05.12)

Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà (羅錦章), O.F.M.
(1946.07.26 – 1961.08.08)

Born:	1888.11.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1911.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.09.22
Died:	1961.08.08 († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1946.07.26 – 1961.08.08)

Vicars Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M.
(1927.01.26 – 1944.12.10)

Born:	1875.08.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1898.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.15
Died:	1944.12.10 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1910.02.15 – 1916.07.07)

Titular Bishop of Joppe (1910.02.15 – 1944.12.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1927.01.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1925 – 1927.01.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1927.01.26 – 1944.12.10)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1927.01.26)

Bishop Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M.
(1909.07.24 – 1923.12.19)

Born:	1863.09.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.12.08
Died:	1923.12.19 († 60)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) (1906.08.25 – 1909.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Hiericho (1906.08.25 – 1923.12.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1909.07.24 – 1923.12.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare (江成德), O.F.M.
(1884.06.18 – 1909.07.24)

Born:	1844.06.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1866.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.09.18
Died:	1909.07.24 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Madauros (1884.06.18 – 1909.07.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) (1884.06.18 – 1909.07.24)

Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M.
(1870.09.11 – 1883.05.17)

Born:	1831.05.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1854.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.09.15
Died:	1883.05.17 († 51)

Titular Bishop of Magyddus (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 not possessed)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (China) (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (China) (1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) (1870.09.11 – 1883.05.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M.
(1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11)

(see above)

Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta (徐類思 / 徐伯達), O.F.M. Ref.
(1856.04.08 – 1862.09.02)

Born:	1818.04.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1845
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.09.11
Died:	1862.09.02 († 44)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jiangnan 江南 (China) (1848.09.17 – 1856.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Thespia (1848.09.17 – 1862.09.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (China) (1856.04.08 – 1862.09.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati (李文秀), O.F.M.
(1839.08.30 – 1856.04.08)

Born:	1799.10.30 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.07.19
Died:	1862.04.13 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 (China) (1839.08.30 – 1856.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Arad (1839.08.30 – 1862.04.13)

Bishop Giacomo Luigi Fontana (馮雅各伯), M.E.P.
(1838 – 1838.07.11)

Born:	1780.07.02 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.05.21
Died:	1838.07.11 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1817.05.24 – 1838)

Titular Bishop of Sinita (1817.05.24 – 1838.07.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 (China) (1838 – 1838.07.11)

Archbishop Giovanni Francesco de Nicolais (余宜閣), O.F.M.
(1696.10.20 – 1737.12.27)

Born:	(Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1700.03.07
Died:	1737.12.27

Bishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1691 – 1696.10.20)

Titular Bishop of Beirut (1696.10.20 – 1712.08.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 (China) (1696.10.20 – 1737.12.27)

Titular Archbishop of Myra (1712.08.20 – 1737.12.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M. (1906.08.25 – 1909.07.24)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anthony Yang Shao-huai (楊少懷) (1984 – 1998.12.10)