Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang 貴陽, China 🇨🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Guiyang 貴陽 (中文) / Kweyang / Guìyáng 贵阳 (简体中文) / Cœiiamen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Nanlong 南龍

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Guizhou 貴州 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1696.10.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州 (中文) / Kuiceu / Kweichow / Guìzhōu 贵州 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建)
1715: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川)
1846.03.27: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Guizhou 貴州 (中文) / Kuiceu / Kweichow / Guìzhōu 贵州 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川)
1922.02.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong 南龍
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang 貴陽 (中文) / Kweiyang / Guìyáng 贵阳 (简体中文) / de Kweiyang (Latin)
1932.03.23: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Shiqian 石阡
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang 貴陽 (中文) / Kweyang / Guìyáng 贵阳 (简体中文) / Cœiiamen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Nanlong 南龍)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.09.08 – ...):

Archbishop Paul Xiao Ze-jiang (蕭澤江) (58)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Guiyang 貴陽 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paul Xiao Ze-jiang (蕭澤江) (58)
(2014.09.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

Ad majorem gloriam Dei

Born:	1967.10.30 (Hepeng, China)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.08

Priest of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1994.06.05 – 2007)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (2007 – 2014.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (2014.09.08 – ...)

Archbishop Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi (王充一)
(1988 – 2014.09.08)

Born:	1919.10.26 (Huangguoshu, China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.12.04
Died:	2017.04.20 (Guiyang, China † 97)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1988 – 2014.09.08)

Archbishop Augustine Hu Da-guo (胡大國)
(1987 – 1997)

Born:	1922.05.14 (Tongzhou, China)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1987 (clandestinely)
Died:	2011.02.17 (Guiyang, China † 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1987 – 1997)

Prefect Apostolic of Shiqian 石阡 (China) (1997 – 2011.02.17)

Archbishop Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1977.07.24▼)

Born:	1893 (Tongnan, China)
Ordained Priest:	1927
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.15
Died:	1977.07.24 (Beitang, China † 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1958 – 1977.07.24▼)

Archbishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1966.07.14)

Born:	1884.12.22 (Camou-Mixte-Suhast, France)
Ordained Priest:	1909.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.08.13
Died:	1966.07.14 (Montbelion, France † 81)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1933.01.11 – 1942.09.13)

Titular Bishop of Aulon (1933.01.11 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1942.09.13 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1966.07.14)

Vicars Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1942.09.13 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1942.09.11)

Born:	1868.02.16 (Ménessaire, France)
Ordained Priest:	1892.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.10.06
Died:	1942.09.11 (Guiyang, China † 74)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1907.02.23 – 1913.10.21)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1907.02.23 – 1942.09.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1913.10.21 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1942.09.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P.
(1913.10.21 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop François-Mathurin Guichard (方濟各．吉夏爾), M.E.P.
(1893.04.24 – 1913.10.21)

Born:	1841.11.18 (Bois-de-Cené, France)
Ordained Priest:	1864.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.04.26
Died:	1913.10.21 (Guiyang, China † 71)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1884.10.01 – 1893.04.24)

Titular Bishop of Torone (1884.10.01 – 1913.10.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1893.04.24 – 1913.10.21)

Bishop François-Eugène Lions (李萬美), M.E.P.
(1871.12.22 – 1893.04.24)

Born:	1820.11.01 (Faucon-de-Barcelonnette, France)
Ordained Priest:	1847.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.06.29
Died:	1893.04.24 (Kouy-yang, China † 72)

Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis (1871.12.22 – 1893.04.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1871.12.22 – 1893.04.24)

Bishop Louis-Simon Faurie (胡縛理), M.E.P.
(1853.04.08 – 1871.06.21)

Born:	1824.06.12 (Monségur, France)
Ordained Priest:	1850.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1860.09.02
Died:	1871.06.21 (Kouy-tcheou-fou, France † 47)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1851.04.08 – 1871.06.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1853.04.08 – 1871.06.21)

Bishop Étienne-Raymond Albrand (白斯德望), M.E.P.
(1846.08.13 – 1853.04.22)

Born:	1805.04.04 (Saint-Crépin, France)
Ordained Priest:	1829.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.03.18
Died:	1853.04.22 (Kouy-yang, China † 48)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1846.08.13 – 1853.04.22)

Titular Bishop of Sura (1849.02.24 – 1853.04.22)

Bishop Claude Visdelou (劉聲聞), S.J.
(1708.01.12 – 1737.11.11)

Born:	1656.08.12 (Trébry, France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1709.02.02 (clandestinely)
Died:	1737.11.11 (Pondicherry, India † 81)

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis (1708.01.12 – 1737.11.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1708.01.12 – 1737.11.11)

Fr. Carlo Giovanni Turcotti (都嘉祿), S.J.
(1696.10.20 – 1706.10.15)

Born:	1643.10.09 (Milano, Italy)
Died:	1706.10.15 (Fushan, 廣東, China † 63)

Titular Bishop of Andravida (1696.10.20 – 1706.10.15 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) (1696.10.20 – 1706.10.15)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Paul Xiao Ze-jiang (蕭澤江) (58) (2007 – 2014.09.08)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (1933.01.11 – 1942.09.13)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P. (1907.02.23 – 1913.10.21)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop François-Mathurin Guichard (方濟各．吉夏爾), M.E.P. (1884.10.01 – 1893.04.24)