Diocese of

Wanxian 萬縣

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wanxian 萬縣 (中文) / Wanhsíen / Wànxiàn 万县 (简体中文) / Uanscienen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chongqing 重慶

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Dioceses: Wanzhou 萬州 Uncanonical Diocese , Chongqing 重慶 , Nanchong 南充

Celebrations

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History

1929.08.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Wanxian 萬縣 (中文) / Wanhsien / Wànxiàn 万县 (简体中文) / de Wanhsien (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chongqing 重慶)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Wanxian 萬縣 (中文) / Wanhsíen / Wànxiàn 万县 (简体中文) / Uanscienen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Chongqing 重慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.12 – ...):

Bishop Paul He Ze-qing (何澤清) (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wanxian 萬縣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul He Ze-qing (何澤清) (57)
(2008.12 – ...)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

Born:	1968.03.17 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.18

Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (2005 – 2008.12)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (2008.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Xu Zhi-xuan (徐之玄)
(2001 – 2008.12.08)

Born:	1916.07.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1946.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.07.31
Died:	2008.12.08 († 92)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (1989 – 2001)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (2001 – 2008.12.08)

Bishop Matthias Duan Yin-ming (Tuan In-Min) (段蔭明)
(1949.06.09 – 2001.01.10)

Born:	1908.02.22 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.10.18
Died:	2001.01.10 († 92)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (1949.06.09 – 2001.01.10)

Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦)
(1946.04.11 – 1947.07.03)

Born:	1872.11.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1909.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.02.24
Died:	1959 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Sinda (1929.12.16 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (1929.12.16 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Mactaris (1947.07.03 – 1959)

Vicars Apostolic of Wanxian 萬縣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦)
(1929.12.16 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul He Ze-qing (何澤清) (57) (2005 – 2008.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Xu Zhi-xuan (徐之玄) (1989 – 2001)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Wanzhou 万州, Chongqing

Chongqing 重慶 (↙), Chengdu 成都 (←), Shunqing 順慶 (←), Hanzhong 漢中 (↖), Xing’anfu 興安府 (↑), Laohekou 老河口 (↗), Yichang 宜昌 (→), Shinan 施南 (→)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 20,000 km²

Population: 22,649 Catholics (0.5% of 5,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 46 priests (diocesan), 19 religious (2 brothers, 17 sisters), 17 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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