Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang 瀋陽, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Shenyang 瀋陽 (中文) / Fengtian 奉天 (中文) / Fengtien / Mukden / Fèngtiān 奉天 (简体中文) / Shěnyáng 沈阳 (简体中文) / Fomtienen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chifeng 赤峰, Fushun 撫順, Jilin 吉林, Rehe 熱河, Siping 四平, Yanji 延吉, Yingkou 營口

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yingkou 營口 (↙), Siping 四平 (↑), Jilin 吉林 (↗), Fushun 撫順 (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Liaoning 遼寧 Uncanonical Diocese

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History

1838.08.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東 (中文) / Manchuria and Mongolia 滿蒙獨立 / Liáodōng 辽东 (简体中文) (from Diocese of Beijing 北京)
1840.08.20: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (中文) / Manciuria (Italiano) / Manchuria 滿州 (中文) / Liáodōng-Mǎnzhōu 辽东满州 (简体中文) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古)
1898.05.10: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (中文) / Manciuria Meridionale (Italiano) / Southern Mǎnzhōu 满州南境 (简体中文) / Manciurien(sis) Meridionalis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Manchuria 滿州北境)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽 (中文) / Fengtian 奉天 (中文) / Moukden / Fèngtiān 奉天 (简体中文) / Shěnyáng 沉阳 (简体中文) / de Moukden (Latin)
1929.08.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sipingjie 四平街
1932.02.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang 瀋陽 (中文) / Fengtian 奉天 (中文) / Fengtien / Mukden / Fèngtiān 奉天 (简体中文) / Shěnyáng 沈阳 (简体中文) / Fomtienen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Fushun 撫順, Jilin 吉林, Rehe 熱河, Siping 四平 and Yanji 延吉)
1949.04.21: Gained suffragan see Chifeng 赤峰
1949.07.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yingkou 營口 and gained suffragan see Yingkou 營口

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2008.06.29 – ...):

Archbishop Paul Pei Jun-min (裴軍民) (57)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Shenyang 瀋陽 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paul Pei Jun-min (裴軍民) (57)
(2008.06.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

In verbo autem tuo

Born:	1969.02.02 (Liaoning, China)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.05.07

Priest of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1992.05.31 – 2006)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (2006 – 2008.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (2008.06.29 – ...)

Archbishop Lu Zhi-yuan (劉知遠)
(1994 – 1996.10.11)

Born:	1920 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.04.11 (clandestinely)
Died:	1996.10.11 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1994 – 1996.10.11)

Archbishop Pius Jin Pei-xian (金沛獻)
(1989 – 2008.06.29)

Born:	1924.03.06 (Dandong, China)
Ordained Priest:	1951.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.05.21 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2008.11.04 (Shenyang, China † 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1989 – 2008.06.29)

Archbishop Lawrence Zhang Hua-liang (張化良) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1988 – 1989.04▼)

Born:	1914 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1942
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.10.16 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1989.04 († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1988 – 1989.04▼)

Archbishop Paul Xu Zhen-jiang (徐振江) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1981 – 1984.06.22▼)

Born:	1920 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.07.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1984.06.22 († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1981 – 1984.06.22▼)

Archbishop Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石)
(1949.07.26 – 1978.05.16)

Born:	1897.02.01 (Cha-ling, China)
Ordained Priest:	1928.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.10.11
Died:	1978.05.16 († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1949.07.26 – 1978.05.16)

Archbishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1946.05.18)

Born:	1881.09.18 (Machecoul, France)
Ordained Priest:	1905.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.05.28
Died:	1946.05.18 (Mukden, China † 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1921.12.19 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (1921.12.29 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.05.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Shenyang 瀋陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1921.12.19 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P.
(1901.02.21 – 1920.07.01)

Born:	1854.12.04 (Grésy-sur-Aix, France)
Ordained Priest:	1880.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.11.24
Died:	1923.07.31 (Yingkou, China † 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1901.02.21 – 1920.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Zela (1901.02.21 – 1923.07.31)

Bishop Laurent Guillon (紀隆), M.E.P.
(1898.05.10 – 1900.07.02)

Born:	1854.11.08 (Chindrieux, France)
Ordained Priest:	1877.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.05.25
Died:	1900.07.02 (Shenyang, China † 45)

Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (China) (1889.12.28 – 1898.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1889.12.28 – 1900.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1898.05.10 – 1900.07.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Laurent Guillon (紀隆), M.E.P.
(1889.12.28 – 1898.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit (祁類思), M.E.P.
(1888.03.23 – 1889.05.17)

Born:	1848.12.15 (Vendeuvre-du-Poitou, France)
Ordained Priest:	1872.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.09.09
Died:	1889.05.17 (Pa-ien-sou-sou, China † 40)

Titular Bishop of Traianopolis (1888.03.23 – 1889.05.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (China) (1888.03.23 – 1889.05.17)

Bishop Constant Dubail (杜公斯), M.E.P.
(1879.05.23 – 1887.12.07)

Born:	1838.03.11 (Dorans, France)
Ordained Priest:	1861.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.11.09
Died:	1887.12.07 (Ingtse, China † 49)

Titular Bishop of Bolina (1879.05.23 – 1887.12.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (China) (1879.05.23 – 1887.12.07)

Bishop Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles (方若望), M.E.P.
(1840.08.20 – 1878.04.29)

Born:	1805.04.12 (Vendredi-Saint, France)
Ordained Priest:	1828.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.11.08
Died:	1878.04.29 (Ingtse, China † 73)

Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung 遼東 (China) (1838.12.11 – 1840.08.20)

Titular Bishop of Columbica (1838.12.11 – 1878.04.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria 遼東滿州 (China) (1840.08.20 – 1878.04.29)

Vicars Apostolic of Liaotung 遼東 (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles (方若望), M.E.P.
(1838.12.11 – 1840.08.20)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Paul Pei Jun-min (裴軍民) (57) (2006 – 2008.06.29)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P. (1914.07.20 – 1917.09.20)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer (藍祿葉), M.E.P. (1897.07.24 – 1898.05.16)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph-André Boyer (包若瑟), M.E.P. (1886.04.13 – 1887.03.08)