Diocese of

Chengdu 成都

China China

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chengdu 成都 (中文) / Chengtu / Chéngdū 成都 (简体中文) / Cemtuan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chongqing 重慶

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12 [2016.11.30] – ...):Bishop Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (60)Bishop Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (唐遠閣) (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chengdu 成都 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (60)Bishop Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (唐遠閣) (60)
(2015.12 – ...)

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

Fides spes et caritas

Born:1963.11.17 (金堂, 四川, China)
Ordained Priest:1991
Consecrated Bishop:2016.11.30

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) (2015.12 [2016.11.30] – ...)

Bishop Michael Liu Xian-ru (劉顯儒)
(1992 – 1998.10.25)

Born:1917.09.19 (China)
Ordained Priest:1947.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:1992.02.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:1998.10.25 († 81)

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1992 – 1998.10.25)

Bishop John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭)
(1958 – 1989.05.28)

Born:1909 (China)
Ordained Priest:1938
Consecrated Bishop:1958.07.06 (no papal mandate)
Died:1989.05.28 († 79)

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1958 – 1989.05.28)

Bishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P.
(1949.07.14 – 1983)

Born:1904.09.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:1929.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1949.09.21
Died:1987.02.24 († 82)

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1949.07.14 – 1983)

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1948.12.20)

Born:1870.06.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1895.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1916.10.01
Died:1948.12.20 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) (1916.01.28 – 1924.12.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeæ (1916.01.28 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1948.12.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Chengdu 成都 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse (駱書雅), M.E.P.
(1916.01.28 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Marie-Julien Dunand (杜), M.E.P.
(1893.04.21 – 1915.08.04)

Born:1841.01.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:1863.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1893.11.26
Died:1915.08.04 († 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) (1893.04.21 – 1915.08.04)

Titular Bishop of Calœ (1893.08.21 – 1915.08.04)

Bishop Annet-Théophile Pinchon (洪廣化), M.E.P.
(1861.05.06 – 1891.10.26)

Born:1814.01.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:1839.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1859.09.04
Died:1891.10.26 († 77)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) (1859.04.23 – 1861.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Polemonium (1859.04.23 – 1891.10.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) (1861.05.06 – 1891.10.26)

Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau (馬伯樂), M.E.P.
(1856.04.02 – 1861.05.06)

Born:1787.01.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1812
Consecrated Bishop:1818.02.01
Died:1861.05.06 († 74)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1817.09.30 – 1838.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Maxula (1817.09.30 – 1861.05.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1838.07.11 – 1856.04.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (China) (1856.04.02 – 1861.05.06)

Vicars Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau (馬伯樂), M.E.P.
(1838.07.11 – 1856.04.02)

(see above)

Bishop Giacomo Luigi Fontana (馮雅各伯), M.E.P.
(1817.05.24 – 1838)

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)

Saint Bishop Jean-Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse (徐德新), M.E.P.
(1801.11.15 – 1815.09.14)

Born:1750.12.08 (Lezoux, Puy-de-Dôme, France)
Ordained Priest:1774.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1800.07.25
Died:1815.09.14 🩸 (Chengdu, 四川, China † 64)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:09.14

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1798.07.24 – 1801.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Tabraca (1798.07.24 – 1815.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1801.11.15 – 1815.09.14)

Bishop and religious of Paris Foreign Missions Society. Martyr.

Bishop Jean-Didier de Saint Martin, M.E.P.
(1792.09.28 – 1801.11.15)

Born:1743.01.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1767.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1784.06.13
Died:1801.11.15 († 58)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1782.01.15 – 1792.09.28)

Titular Bishop of Charadrus (1782.01.15 – 1801.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1792.09.28 – 1801.11.15)

Bishop François Pottier (梅若翰), M.E.P.
(1767.01.24 – 1792.09.28)

Born:1726.03.09 (France)
Ordained Priest:1753.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1769.09.10
Died:1792.09.28 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1767.01.24 – 1792.09.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1767.01.24 – 1792.09.28)

Fr. Pierre-Jean Kerhervé, M.E.P.
(1762.07.27 – 1766.01.22 not possessed)

Born:1725? (France)
Ordained Priest:1749.09.20
Died:1766.01.22 († 40)

Titular Bishop of Gortyna (1762.07.27 – 1766.01.22 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1762.07.27 – 1766.01.22 not possessed)

Bishop Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P.
(1743.08.20 – 1755.08.24)

Born:1706.06.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:1731.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:1741.07.23
Died:1755.08.24 († 49)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1739.10.02 – 1743.08.20)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1739.10.02 – 1755.08.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1743.08.20 – 1755.08.24)

Bishop Louis Marie Maggi (陸迪仁), O.P.
(1742.12.17 – 1743.08.20)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1739.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1739.10.03
Died:1743.08.20

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1738.10.08 – 1742.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto (1738.10.08 – 1743.08.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1742.12.17 – 1743.08.20)

Bishop Johannes Müllener (穆天尺), C.M.
(1715.09.15 – 1742.12.17)

Born:1673.10.04 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1696.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1716.12.08
Died:1742.12.17 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1715.09.02 – 1742.12.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1715.09.15 – 1742.12.17)

Bishop Arthus De Lionne, M.E.P.
(1696.10.20 – 1713.08.02)

Born:1655 (France)
Ordained Priest:1681.01
Consecrated Bishop:1700.11.30
Died:1713.08.02 († 57)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1687.02.05 – 1696.10.20)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1687.02.05 – 1713.08.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1696.10.20 – 1713.08.02)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Kangding 康定 (←), Xining 西寧 (↖), Lanzhou 蘭州 (↑), Qinzhou 秦州 (↑), Hanzhong 漢中 (↗), Wanxian 萬縣 (→), Shunqing 順慶 (→), Suifu 敘府 (↘), Jiading 嘉定 (↓)

Statistics (1956.12.31)

Area: 97,548 km²

Population: 48,500 Catholics (1.7% of 2,900,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 36 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (55 diocesan, 9 religious), 132 religious (12 brothers, 120 sisters), 24 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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