Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kunming 昆明

China China

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kunming 昆明 (中文) / Kunming / Kūnmíng 昆明 (简体中文) / Cœnmimen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Dali 大理

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006 – ...):Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (59)Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (馬英林) (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kunming 昆明 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (59)Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (馬英林) (59)
(2006 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China)

Ad majorem Dei gloriam / 愈顯主榮

Born:1965.04.22 (China)
Ordained Priest:1989.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:2006.04.30 (no papal mandate)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (2006 – ...)

Fr. Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang (張文昌)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000 – 2012.02.05)

Archbishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S. (later Bishop)
(1962 – ?)

Born:1905 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:1958.06.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (1962 – ?)

Archbishop Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau (德為能), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1973.09.30)

Born:1898.01.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:1923.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1944.03.19
Died:1973.09.30 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1973.09.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau (德為能), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Jean Larregain (甘有為), M.E.P.
(1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Non sibi sed gregi

Born:1888.01.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1913.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1939.10.29
Died:1942.05.02 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Bishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1933.05.03 – 1938.10.16)

Born:1887.04.23 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1910.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1933.09.17
Died:1961.08.27 († 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1933.05.03 – 1938.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro (1933.05.23 – 1938.10.16)

Apostolic Delegate to Iraq (1938.10.16 – 1947.07.06)

Titular Archbishop of Misthia (1938.10.16 – 1961.08.27)

Apostolic Delegate to Indonesian Archipelago (1947.07.06 – 1950.03.16)

Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia (1950.03.16 – 1955.05.03)

Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt (1955.05.03 – 1956.11.23)

Bishop Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu (金夢旦), M.E.P.
(1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Born:1860.10.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1883.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1908.03.29
Died:1933.03.27 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Æla (1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil (古若望), M.E.P.
(1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Born:1821.11.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:1847.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1881.12.27
Died:1907.01.10 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Tenedus (1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Bishop Joseph Ponsot (袁若瑟), M.E.P.
(1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Born:1803.05.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1829.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1843.06.12
Died:1880.11.17 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Philomelium (1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Fr. Philibert LeBlanc (卜于善), M.E.P.
(1696.10 – 1720.09.02)

Born:1644.11.12 (France)
Died:1720.09.02 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1696.10 – 1720.09.02)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1718.12.03 – 1720.09.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan 兩廣及雲南 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francisco Varo (萬濟國), O.P.
(1687.01.31 – 1687)

Born:1627.10.04 (Spain)
Died:1687 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Lydda (1687.01.25 – 1687 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Fujian 福建 (China) (1687.01.25 – 1687.01.31 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan 兩廣及雲南 (China) (1687.01.31 – 1687)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Dali 大理 (←), Ningyuan 寧遠 (↑), Zhaotong 昭通 (↗), Nanlong 南龍 (→), Nanning 南寧 (→), Lang Són et Cao Bang (↘), Hung Hoá (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 150,000 km²

Population: 10,025 Catholics (0.1% of 8,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 46 priests (40 diocesan, 6 religious), 51 religious (9 brothers, 42 sisters), 9 seminarians

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