Diocese of

Ganzhou 贛州

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ganzhou 贛州 (中文) / Kanchow / Gànzhōu 赣州 (简体中文) / Canceuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nanchang 南昌

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1920.08.25: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ganzhou 贛州 (中文) / Kanchow / Gànzhōu 赣州 (简体中文) / de Kanchow (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Ganzhou 贛州 (中文) / Kanchow / Gànzhōu 赣州 (简体中文) / Canceuven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Nanchang 南昌)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ganzhou 贛州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Chen Du-qing (陳獨清) ▼
(1958 – 1990.08.25▼)

Born:	1909 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.09 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1990.08.25 († 80)

Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1958 – 1990.08.25▼)

Bishop John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1969.10.10)

Born:	1887.10.07 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1914.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.05.01
Died:	1969.10.10 († 82)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1927.12.15 – 1931.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Midila (1927.12.15 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1931.07.03 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1969.10.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M.
(1931.07.03 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M.
(1925.05.12 – 1931.07.03)

Born:	1864.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1888.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.06.30
Died:	1944.02.19 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China) (1912.04.27 – 1920.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1912.05.02 – 1944.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1920.07.21 – 1925.05.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1925.05.12 – 1931.07.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1931.07.03 – 1944.02.19)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1920.07.21 – 1925.05.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M. (1927.12.15 – 1931.07.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral, Ganzhou 赣州, Jiangxi

Shaoguan 韶關 (↙), Hengzhou 衡州 (↖), Ji’an 吉安 (↑), Yujiang 餘江 (↗), Nancheng 南城 (↗), Changting 長汀 (→), Jiaying 嘉應 (↘)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 38,609 km²

Population: 15,145 Catholics (0.5% of 3,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 34 missions

Personnel: 40 priests (16 diocesan, 24 religious), 45 religious (45 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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