Diocese of Kangding 康定, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kangding 康定 (中文) / Kangtíng / Kāngdìng 康定 (简体中文) / Camtimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chongqing 重慶

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1846.03.27: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩 (中文) / Lāsà 拉萨 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan)
1850.02.15: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Bengal
1858.01: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan 四川西北
1868.07.28: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏 (中文) / Thibet / Xīzàng 西藏 (简体中文) / Thibetan(us) (Latin)
1883: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Western Bengal
1898: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta
1912: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (中文) / Tatsienlu / Dǎjiànlú 打箭炉 (简体中文) / de Tatsienlu (Latin)
1929.02.15: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Sikkim
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Kangding 康定 (中文) / Kangtíng / Kāngdìng 康定 (简体中文) / Camtimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Chongqing 重慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kangding 康定 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1962.01.07)

Born:	1880.12.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1904.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.08.07
Died:	1962.01.07 († 81)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China) (1926.11.11 – 1936.08.06)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1926.11.16 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China) (1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Kangding 康定 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1962.01.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P.
(1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1936.08.09)

Born:	1850.03.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1876.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.12.12
Died:	1941.11.13 († 91)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1897.02.15 – 1901.09.09)

Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1897.02.15 – 1941.11.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1936.08.09)

Vicars Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P.
(1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Félix Biet (畢天榮), M.E.P.
(1878.08.27 – 1901.09.09)

Born:	1838.10.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1864.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.11.24
Died:	1901.09.09 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Diana (1878.07.23 – 1901.09.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1878.08.27 – 1901.09.09)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Chauveau (丁盛榮), M.E.P.
(1864.09.09 – 1877.12.21)

Born:	1816.02.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1839.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.09.21
Died:	1877.12.21 († 61)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1846.03.27 – 1864.09.09)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1846.03.27 – 1877.12.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1864.09.09 – 1877.12.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Lhassa 拉薩 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures (杜多明蘇羅), M.E.P.
(1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28)

Born:	1804.02.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1827.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.05.03
Died:	1869.01.25 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Synopolis (1856.04.04 – 1869.01.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Lhassa 拉薩 (China) (1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P. (1926.11.11 – 1936.08.06)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau (倪德隆), M.E.P. (1897.02.15 – 1901.09.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Kangding 康定, Sichuan

Myitkyina (↙), Miao (↙), Itanagar (↙), Darjeeling (←), Nepal (←), Bareilly (←), Bijnor (←), Simla and Chandigarh (←), Jammu–Srinagar (←), Xinjiang 新疆 (↖), Xining 西寧 (↑), Chengdu 成都 (↗), Jiading 嘉定 (→), Ningyuan 寧遠 (↓), Dali 大理 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 160,000 km²

Population: 5,870 Catholics (0.1% of 4,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (6 diocesan, 10 religious), 30 religious (30 sisters), 2 seminarians