Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Chongqing 重慶 (中文) / Chungking / Chóngqìng 重庆 (简体中文) / Ciomchimen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Chengdu 成都, Jiading 嘉定, Kangding 康定, Ningyuan 寧遠, Shunqing 順慶, Suifu 敘府, Wanxian 萬縣
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Metropolitan Archbishop: | vacant |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Chongqing 重慶 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Peter Luo Bei-zhan (駱北瞻)
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Archbishop Simon Liu Zong-yu (劉宗漁) ▼ (later Bishop)
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Archbishop Shi Ming-liang (石明良) ▼ (later Bishop)
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Archbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P.
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Vicars Apostolic of Chongqing 重慶 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan 四川東境 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon (舒福隆), M.E.P.
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Fr. Laurent Blettery, M.E.P.
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Bishop Eugène-Paul Coupat (顧巴徳), M.E.P.
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Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches (范若瑟), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
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Area: 350,000 km²
Population: 37,608 Catholics (0.3% of 11,500,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes, 9 missions
Personnel: 85 priests (diocesan), 120 religious (6 brothers, 114 sisters), 9 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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