Diocese of Chengdu 成都, China

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

1696.10.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川 (中文) / Se-ciuen / Sìchuān 四川 (简体中文) / Se-ciuen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建)
1715: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州
1755: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan 雲南
1840.08.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan 雲南
1846.03.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州
1856.04.02: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北 (中文) / Se-ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale (Italiano) / Northwestern Sìchuān 四川西北 (简体中文) / Se-ciuen(sis) septentrionalis-occidentalis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Szechwan 四川東境)
1858.01: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩
1860.01.24: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan 南四川
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chengdu 成都 (中文) / Chengtu / Chéngdū 成都 (简体中文) / de Chengtu (Latin)
1929.08.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Shunqingfu 順慶府
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Chengdu 成都 (中文) / Chengtu / Chéngdū 成都 (简体中文) / Cemtuan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Chongqing 重慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12 [2016.11.30] – ...):

Bishop Joseph Tang Yuan-ge (唐遠閣) (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chengdu 成都 (Roman Rite)

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

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Annet-Théophile Pinchon (洪廣化), M.E.P. (1859.04.23 – 1861.05.06)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches (范若瑟), M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (1844 – 1856.04.02)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau (馬伯樂), M.E.P. (1817.09.30 – 1838.07.11)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Louis Florens (羅), M.E.P. (1807.09.08 – 1814.12.14)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Pierre Trenchant (黃), M.E.P. (1798.08.08 – 1806.04.18)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Saint Bishop Jean-Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse (徐德新), M.E.P. (1798.07.24 – 1801.11.15)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Didier de Saint Martin, M.E.P. (1782.01.15 – 1792.09.28)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis Marie Maggi (陸迪仁), O.P. (1738.10.08 – 1742.12.17)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop-elect Arthus De Lionne, M.E.P. (1687.02.05 – 1696.10.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Pinganqiao Church), Chengdu 成都, Sichuan

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