Diocese of

Shunqing 順慶

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shunqing 順慶 (中文) / Nanchong 南充 (中文) / Shunking / Nánchōng 南充 (简体中文) / Shùnqìng 顺庆 (简体中文) / Sciœnchimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chongqing 重慶

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1929.08.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Shunqingfu 順慶府 (中文) / Shunkingfu / Shùnqìngfǔ 顺庆府 (简体中文) / de Shunkingfu (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chengdu 成都)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Shunqing 順慶 (中文) / Nanchong 南充 (中文) / Shunking / Nánchōng 南充 (简体中文) / Shùnqìng 顺庆 (简体中文) / Sciœnchimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Chongqing 重慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shunqing 順慶 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Chen Gong-ao (陳功鰲) (60)
(2012 – ...)

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

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Born:	1964.09.21 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.19

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (2012 – ...)

Bishop Michael Huang Wo-ze (黃渥澤) ▼
(1989 – 2001▼)

Born:	1905.09.08 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1938.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.07.31 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2004.03.22 († 98)

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (1989 – 2001▼)

Bishop Fan Dao-jiang (范導江) ▼
(1963 – 1987.12.17▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.04.07 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1987.12.17

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (1963 – 1987.12.17▼)

Bishop Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成)
(1946.04.11 – 1961.01.28)

Born:	1881.09.08 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1911.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.02.24
Died:	1961.01.28 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Olena (1929.12.02 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Shunqingfu 順慶府 (China) (1929.12.02 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1961.01.28)

Vicars Apostolic of Shunqingfu 順慶府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成)
(1929.12.02 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Nanchong 南充, Sichuan

Suifu 敘府 (↙), Chengdu 成都 (←), Wanxian 萬縣 (→), Chongqing 重慶 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 25,000 km²

Population: 19,442 Catholics (0.2% of 8,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (23 diocesan, 3 religious), 12 religious (12 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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