Diocese of

Ji’an 吉安

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ji’an 吉安 (中文) / Kí-an / Jí’ān 吉安 (简体中文) / Chinganen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nanchang 南昌

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1879.08.19: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (中文) / Kiam-si Meridionale / Southern Jiāngxī 江西南境 (简体中文) / Kiam-si meridionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangxi 江西)
1920.08.25: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jing’an 晶安 (中文) / Kingan / Jīng’ān 晶安 (简体中文) / de Kingan (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Ganzhou 贛州)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (中文) / Kianfu / Jí’ānfǔ 吉安府 (简体中文) / de Kianfu (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Ji’an 吉安 (中文) / Kí-an / Jí’ān 吉安 (简体中文) / Chinganen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Nanchang 南昌)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ji’an 吉安 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1973.01.29)

Born:	1882.08.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1905.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.02.17
Died:	1973.01.29 († 90)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China) (1928.07.16 – 1931.10.15)

Titular Bishop of Cassandria (1928.07.16 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China) (1931.10.15 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Ji’an 吉安 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1973.01.29)

Vicars Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M.
(1931.10.15 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Nicola Ciceri (徐則麟), C.M.
(1907.07.03 – 1931.10.15)

Born:	1854.05.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1878.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.02.16
Died:	1932.10.28 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China) (1907.07.03 – 1931.10.15)

Titular Bishop of Dausara (1907.07.03 – 1932.10.28)

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jules-Auguste Coqset (順其衡), C.M.
(1887.06.29 – 1907.05.03)

Causa nostræ lætitiæ

Born:	1847.06.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1871.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.10.16
Died:	1917.02.04 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (China) (1887.06.29 – 1907.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Cardica (1887.06.29 – 1917.02.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) (1907.05.03 – 1917.02.04)

Bishop Adrien-François Rouger (王吾伯), C.M.
(1883.09.07 – 1887.03.31)

Born:	1828.09.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1852.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.04.27
Died:	1887.03.31 († 58)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (China) (1879.08.19 – 1883.09.07)

Titular Bishop of Cisamus (1883.09.07 – 1887.03.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (China) (1883.09.07 – 1887.03.31)

Fr. Adrien-François Rouger (王吾伯), C.M. (later Bishop)
(1879.08.19 – 1883.09.07)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M. (1928.07.16 – 1931.10.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral, Ji’an 吉安, Jiangxi

Hengzhou 衡州 (←), Xiangtan 湘潭 (←), Nanchang 南昌 (↑), Yujiang 餘江 (↗), Nancheng 南城 (→), Ganzhou 贛州 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 24,232 Catholics (0.8% of 3,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 8 priests (diocesan), 54 religious (34 brothers, 20 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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