Diocese of

Jingxian 景縣

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jingxian 景縣 (中文) / Kinghsien / Jǐngxiàn 景县 (简体中文) / Chimscien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1939.04.24: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jingxian 景縣 (中文) / Kinghsien / Jǐngxiàn 景县 (简体中文) / de Kinghsien (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian 獻縣)
1947.01.09: Promoted as Diocese of Jingxian 景縣 (中文) / Kinghsien / Jǐngxiàn 景县 (简体中文) / Chimscien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Beijing 北京)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.01.16 – ...):

Bishop Peter Feng Xin-mao (封新卯) (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jingxian 景縣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Feng Xin-mao (封新卯) (61)
(2008.01.16 – ...)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China)

不要怕，只管信 / Noli timere tantum modo crede

Born:	1963.01.21 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.06

Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (2004 – 2008.01.16)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (2008.01.16 – ...)

Bishop Matthias Chen Xi-lu (陳錫祿)
(1999 – 2004)

Born:	1928.02.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1955.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.10.28
Died:	2008.01.16 († 79)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1996 – 1999)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1999 – 2004)

Bishop Peter Fan Wen-xing (范文興)
(1981 – 1999)

Born:	1921.01.27 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1948.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.20
Died:	2006.02.28 († 85)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1981 – 1999)

Bishop Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J.
(1947.01.09 – 1967.09.18)

Born:	1893.07.27 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1923.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.04.20
Died:	1967.09.18 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1939.05.04 – 1947.01.09)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1947.01.09 – 1967.09.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Jingxian 景縣 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J. (later Bishop)
(1939.05.04 – 1947.01.09)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter Feng Xin-mao (封新卯) (61) (2004 – 2008.01.16)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Matthias Chen Xi-lu (陳錫祿) (1996 – 1999)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians, Jingxian 景县, Hebei

Yongnian 永年 (↙), Shunde 順德 (←), Zhaoxian 趙縣 (↖), Anguo 安國 (↑), Xianxian 獻縣 (↗), Tianjin 天津 (↗), Zhoucun 周村 (→), Jinan 濟南 (↘)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 9,500 km²

Population: 32,645 Catholics (1.3% of 2,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 301 missions

Personnel: 51 priests (15 diocesan, 36 religious), 39 religious (12 brothers, 27 sisters), 6 seminarians

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