Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Xiwanzi 西灣子 (中文) / Chongli 崇禮 (中文) / Siwantze / Chónglǐ 崇礼 (简体中文) / Xīwānzǐ 西湾子 (简体中文) / Sivanzean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Suiyuan 綏遠

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1840.08.20: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古 (中文) / Ménggǔ 蒙古 (简体中文) / Mongoliæ (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東)
1883.12.21: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古 (中文) / Mongolia Centrale (Italiano) / Central Ménggǔ 中蒙古 (简体中文) / Mongoliæ centralis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古 and Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古)
1922.03.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chahaer 察哈爾 (中文) / Tchagar / Cháhā’ěr 察哈尔 (简体中文) (lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Outer Mongolia 外蒙)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (中文) / Siwantze / Xīwānzǐ 西湾子 (简体中文) / de Siwantze (Latin)
1929.02.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Jining 集寧
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (中文) / Chongli 崇禮 (中文) / Siwantze / Chónglǐ 崇礼 (简体中文) / Xīwānzǐ 西湾子 (简体中文) / Sivanzean(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Suiyuan 綏遠)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrew Hao Jin-li (郝進禮)
(1988.11.06 – 2011.03.09)

Born:	1916.11.30 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.09.14 (clandestinely)
Died:	2011.03.09 († 94)

Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1984 – 1988.11.06)

Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1988.11.06 – 2011.03.09)

Bishop Pan Shao-qing (潘少卿) ▼
(1958 – ?▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.20 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1983.02.05

Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1958 – ?▼)

Bishop Melchior Zhang Ke-xing (張克興)
(1951.11.24 – 1988.11.06)

Born:	1914.01.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.24
Died:	1988.11.06 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Clypia (1949.11.03 – 1951.11.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1949.11.03 – 1951.11.24)

Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1951.11.24 – 1988.11.06)

Bishop Leon-Jean-Marie De Smedt (石德懋), C.I.C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1951.11.24)

Born:	1881.12.03 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1905.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.04.17
Died:	1951.11.24 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Adraa (1931.12.14 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1931.12.14 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951.11.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leon-Jean-Marie De Smedt (石德懋), C.I.C.M.
(1931.12.14 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M.
(1924.12.03 – 1931.05.05)

Born:	1868.11.05 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.11.15
Died:	1931.05.05 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China) (1906.06.21 – 1914.05.06)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) (1914.05.06 – 1924.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Parœcopolis (1914.05.06 – 1931.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia) (1924 – 1931.05.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) (1924.01.12 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1931.05.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M.
(1924.01.12 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Jerome van Aertselaer (方濟眾), C.I.C.M.
(1898.05.01 – 1924.01.12)

Born:	1845.11.01 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1870.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.07.24
Died:	1924.01.12 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) (1898.05.01 – 1924.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Zaraï (1898.05.07 – 1924.01.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 (Mongolia) (1922 – 1924)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Mongolia 中蒙古 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Bax (巴耆賢), C.I.C.M.
(1874.10.22 – 1895.01.04)

Born:	1824.06.26 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1853.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.06.06
Died:	1895.01.04 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Adrassus (1874.10.22 – 1895.01.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia 中蒙古 (China) (1874.10.22 – 1895.01.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Mongolia 蒙古 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Florent Daguin (孔), C.M.
(1857.07.17 – 1859.05.09)

Born:	1815.01.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1839.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.07.25
Died:	1859.05.09 († 44)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia 蒙古 (China) (1847.03.02 – 1857.07.17)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1847.03.02 – 1859.05.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia 蒙古 (China) (1857.07.17 – 1859.05.09)

Bishop Joseph-Martial Mouly (孟振生), C.M.
(1840.08.23 – 1846.04.28)

Born:	1807.08.02 (Figeac, France)
Ordained Priest:	1831.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.07.25
Died:	1868.12.04 (北京, China † 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia 蒙古 (China) (1840.08.23 – 1846.04.28)

Titular Bishop of Phussala (1840.08.23 – 1868.12.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Beijing 北京 (China) (1846.04.28 – 1856.01.03)

Bishop of Beijing 北京 (China) (1856.01.03 – 1856.05.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China) (1856.05.30 – 1868.12.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andrew Hao Jin-li (郝進禮) (1984 – 1988.11.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Melchior Zhang Ke-xing (張克興) (1949.11.03 – 1951.11.24)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M. (1914.05.06 – 1924.01.12)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Florent Daguin (孔), C.M. (1847.03.02 – 1857.07.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leo Yao Liang (姚良) (2002 – 2009.12.30)

Diocese of

Xiwanzi 西灣子

China

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (1949.12.31)