Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changsha 長沙, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Changsha 長沙 (中文) / Changsha / Chángshā 长沙 (简体中文) / Ciamsciaven(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Changde 常德, Hengzhou 衡州, Yuanling 沅陵

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1856.04.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南 (中文) / Hu-nan / Húnán 湖南 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣)
1879.09.19: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (中文) / Hu-nan Meridionale (Italiano) / Southern Húnán 湖南南境 (简体中文) / Hunanen(sis) Meridionalis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Hunan 湖南北境)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha 長沙 (中文) / Changsha / Chángshā 长沙 (简体中文) / de Changsha (Latin)
1925.05.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhoufu 永州府
1930.07.23: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hengzhou 衡州
1937.07.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan 湘潭
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Changsha 長沙 (中文) / Changsha / Chángshā 长沙 (简体中文) / Ciamsciaven(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Changde 常德, Hengzhou 衡州 and Yuanling 沅陵)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012 – ...):

Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (63)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Changsha 長沙 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (63)
(2012 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China)
Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Adveniat regnum tuum / 爾國臨格

Born:	1961.05 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.25

Priest of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) (1995.06.23 – 2012)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Changde 常德 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China) (2012 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China) (2012 – ...)

Archbishop Simon Qu Tian-xi (屈天錫) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1987 – 2000.11.02▼)

Born:	1920 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.12.08 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2000.11.02 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1987 – 2000.11.02▼)

Archbishop Xiong De-lian (熊德漣) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1970?▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.26 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1970?

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼)

Archbishop Secondino Petronio Lacchio (藍澤民), O.F.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1976.02.20)

Born:	1901.05.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1926.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.05.26
Died:	1976.02.20 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Prænetus (1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1976.02.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Secondino Petronio Lacchio (藍澤民), O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi (石道琪), O.F.M.
(1933.03.09 – 1939.02.07)

Born:	1886.01.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1911
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.10.01
Died:	1939.02.07 († 53)

Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1933.03.09 – 1939.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Pharbæthus (1933.03.16 – 1939.02.07)

Bishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1924.12.03 – 1930.08.11)

Born:	1868.01.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1890.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.04.20
Died:	1934.12.19 († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China) (1902.01.13 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Synaus (1902.01.13 – 1930.08.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1930.08.11)

Titular Archbishop of Rhusium (1930.08.11 – 1934.12.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1902.01.13 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Saint Bishop Antonio Fantosati (范懷德), O.F.M.
(1892.07.11 – 1900.07.07)

Born:	1842.10.16 (Santa Maria, Valle a Trevi, Perugia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.11.11
Died:	1900.07.07 🩸 (Hengzhou, 湖南, China † 57)
Beatified:	1946.11.24
Canonised:	2000.10.01
Feast:	07.07

Titular Bishop of Adraha (1892.07.11 – 1900.07.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China) (1892.07.11 – 1900.07.07)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). Martyr.

Bishop Eusebio Marie Semprini (沈道南), O.F.M.
(1879.09.19 – 1892.01.08)

Born:	1823.12.26 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.05.28
Died:	1895.01.08 († 71)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hunan 湖南 (China) (1876.01.20 – 1877.09.18)

Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1876.01.20 – 1895.01.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Hunan 湖南 (China) (1877.09.18 – 1879.09.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China) (1879.09.19 – 1892.01.08)

Vicars Apostolic of Hunan 湖南 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eusebio Marie Semprini (沈道南), O.F.M.
(1877.09.18 – 1879.09.19)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel Navarro (方來遠), O.F.M.
(1856.04.08 – 1877.09.09)

Born:	1809.06.04 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1856.12.07
Died:	1877.09.09 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Cocussus (1856.04.08 – 1877.09.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Hunan 湖南 (China) (1856.04.08 – 1877.09.09)

Bishop Giuseppe Novella, O.F.M.
(1847.05.22 – 1851.11.03)

Born:	1805.02.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1827.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.05.22
Died:	1872.02.26 († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Hunan 湖南 (China) (1847.05.22 – 1851.11.03)

Titular Bishop of Patara (1847.05.22 – 1872.02.26)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M. (1928.06.15 – 1930.07.23)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Eusebio Marie Semprini (沈道南), O.F.M. (1876.01.20 – 1877.09.18)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Ezechias Banci (南熙), O.F.M. (1871.05.06 – 1879.09.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Changsha 长沙, Hunan

Baoqing 寶慶 (↙), Yuanling 沅陵 (←), Changde 常德 (↖), Yueyang 岳陽 (↑), Nanchang 南昌 (→), Xiangtan 湘潭 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 22,820 km²

Population: 9,038 Catholics (0.2% of 5,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 59 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (6 diocesan, 27 religious), 36 religious (36 sisters), 2 seminarians