Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang 南昌, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Nanchang 南昌 (中文) / Nanchang / Nánchāng 南昌 (简体中文) / Nanciamen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ganzhou 贛州, Ji’an 吉安, Nancheng 南城, Yujiang 餘江

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1696.10.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangxi 江西 (中文) / Kiam-si / Jiāngxī 江西 (简体中文) / Kiangsi (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西)
1838.08.14: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西)
1846.03.27: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangxi 江西 (中文) / Kiam-si / Jiāngxī 江西 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西)
1879.08.19: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (中文) / Kiam-si Settentrionale / Northern Jiāngxī 江西北境 (简体中文) / Kiam-si septentrionalis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境)
1885.08.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kiangsi 江西東境
1920.08.25: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang 九江 (中文) / Kiukiang / Jiǔjiāng 九江 (简体中文) / de Kiukiang (Latin)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang 南昌 (中文) / Nanchang / Nánchāng 南昌 (简体中文) / de Nanchang (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang 南昌 (中文) / Nanchang / Nánchāng 南昌 (简体中文) / Nanciamen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Ganzhou 贛州, Ji’an 吉安, Nancheng 南城 and Yujiang 餘江)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011 [2011.03.28] – ...):	Archbishop John Baptist Li Su-guang (李穌光) (60)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.11.24 – ...▼):	Bishop John Peng Wei-zhao (彭衛照) (58) Bishop emeritus of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop John Baptist Li Su-guang (李穌光) (60)
(2011 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Born:	1964 (Changzi, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.10.31

Coadjutor Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (2010 – 2011)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (2011 [2011.03.28] – ...)

Archbishop John Wu Shi-zhen (吳仕珍)
(1990 – 2011)

Born:	1921.01.19 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.09.06
Died:	2014.08.25 († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1990 – 2011)

Archbishop Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1970?▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.09 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1970?

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼)

Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M.
(1946.07.18 – 1972)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1892.01.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.08.02
Died:	1972 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Cratia (1931.03.26 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (China) (1931.03.26 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1972)

Vicars Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M.
(1931.07.03 – 1944.02.19)

Born:	1864.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1888.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.06.30
Died:	1944.02.19 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China) (1912.04.27 – 1920.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1912.05.02 – 1944.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1920.07.21 – 1925.05.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1925.05.12 – 1931.07.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1931.07.03 – 1944.02.19)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M.
(1924.12.03 – 1931.02.13)

Born:	1855.12.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1881.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.06.11
Died:	1931.02.13 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) (1911.02.24 – 1920.08.25)

Titular Bishop of Aspendus (1911.02.24 – 1931.02.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Jiujiang 九江 (China) (1920.08.25 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1931.02.13)

Vicars Apostolic of Jiujiang 九江 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M.
(1920.08.25 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M.
(1911.02.24 – 1920.08.25)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant (郎守信), C.M.
(1905.09.24 – 1910.11.05)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me in gentibus evangelizare

Born:	1859.07.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1884.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.10.02
Died:	1910.11.05 († 51)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) (1898.06.27 – 1905.09.24)

Titular Bishop of Barbalissus (1898.06.27 – 1910.11.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) (1905.09.24 – 1910.11.05)

Bishop Géraud Bray (白振鐸), C.M.
(1879.08.19 – 1905.09.24)

Born:	1825.12.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1852.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.11.20
Died:	1905.09.24 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1870.03.15 – 1879.08.19)

Titular Bishop of Legio (1870.03.15 – 1905.09.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) (1879.08.19 – 1905.09.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Géraud Bray (白振鐸), C.M.
(1870.03.15 – 1879.08.19)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus (安巴都), C.M.
(1865 – 1869.09.29)

Born:	1811.01.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1834.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.10.19
Died:	1869.09.29 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Honan 河南 (China) (1844.03.02 – 1865)

Titular Bishop of Zoora (1844.03.02 – 1869.09.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1865 – 1869.09.29)

Bishop François-Xavier Danicourt (顧方濟), C.M.
(1854.05 – 1860.02.02)

Born:	1806.03.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1831.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.09.07
Died:	1860.02.02 († 53)

Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang 浙江 (China) (1850.12.22 – 1854.05)

Titular Bishop of Antiphellus (1850.12.22 – 1860.02.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1854.05 – 1860.02.02)

Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace (田嘉璧 / 田類斯), C.M.
(1852.02.27 – 1854.06.12)

Ager mundus messis multa

Born:	1820.01.21 (Auxerre, France)
Ordained Priest:	1843.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.07.25
Died:	1884.05.24 (北京, China † 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1852.02.27 – 1854.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis (1852.02.27 – 1884.05.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang 浙江 (China) (1854.06.12 – 1870.01.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China) (1870.01.21 – 1884.05.24)

Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe (和德廣), C.M.
(1846.03.26 – 1850.07.20)

Born:	1802.08.12 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.05.13
Died:	1850.07.20 († 47)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 (China) (1844.03.02 – 1845.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Sozopolis (1844.03.02 – 1850.07.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 (China) (1845.07.14 – 1846.03.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1846.03.26 – 1850.07.20)

Bishop Alvaro Benavente (白萬樂), O.E.S.A.
(1698.10.20 – 1709.03.20)

Born:	1646 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1700.05.30
Died:	1709.03.20 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1698.10.20 – 1709.03.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Kiangxi 江西 (China) (1698.10.20 – 1709.03.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop John Baptist Li Su-guang (李穌光) (60) (2010 – 2011)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant (郎守信), C.M. (1898.06.27 – 1905.09.24)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop-elect François-Ferdinand Tagliabue (戴世濟 / 戴濟世), C.M. (1868.09.24 – 1869.06.22)