Archdiocese of Guiyang

Archidioecesis Coeiiamensis

天主教貴陽總教區
天主教贵阳总教区
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Guiyang
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceGuiyang
Statistics
Area100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 1950)
7,000,000
24,713 (0.4%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt. Joseph's Cathedral, Guiyang
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul Xiao Zejiang

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang (formerly spelled Kweyang; Latin: Archidioecesis Coeiiamensis; simplified Chinese: 天主教贵阳总教区; traditional Chinese: 天主教貴陽總教區) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang, provincial capital of Guizhou (formerly, Kweichow; French: Kouy-tcheou), southwestern China.

History

Map of Kweichow mission, prepared by Adrien Launay, 1889.
Genealogy of MEP ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Szechwan, with its three attachments: Tibet, Yunnan and Kweichow.

On April 24, 1690, at the time of the creation of the bishoprics of Beijing and Nanjing by Pope Alexander VIII, Guizhou came under the authority of the latter. During a new division on October 15, 1696, Guizhou became an apostolic vicariate in its own right.[1][2] However, in 1715, the then Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, Claude de Visdelou, saw clearly that he was absolutely unable to take charge of the province, and handed over the Mission of Guizhou to Johannes Müllener, Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan.[3] The Vicariate of Kweichow had not been re-erected until March 27, 1846.[2]

Guizhou was evangelized by missionaries from Sichuan (Szechwan) during the 18th and 19th centuries. At that time, the Catholic Church in Sichuan produced a number of local missionaries thanks to a well-organized training system.[4] Since 1774, evangelization was carried out by Jean-Martin Moye, provicar of Eastern Szechwan (future Archdiocese of Chongqing), and a Sichuanese missionary, Benoît Sun.[5] In 1798, Lawrence Hu Shilu, also a missionary from Sichuan, built a small church in Guiyang (Kweyang) for the Catholic community of about 100 people, which later became St. Joseph's Cathedral.[6]

On December 3, 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow was renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Kweyang, and on April 11, 1946, it was elevated to the rank of archdiocese.[2]

Bishops

Vicars Apostolic of Kweichow
  • Carlo Giovanni Turcotti, S.J. (1696 – October 15, 1706)
  • Claude de Visdelou, S.J. (January 12, 1708 – November 11, 1737)
  • Suppressed, remained dependent upon the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan (1715–1846)
  • Étienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. (August 13, 1846 – April 22, 1853)
  • Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. (1853 – June 21, 1871)
  • François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. (December 22, 1871 – April 24, 1893)
  • François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (October 21, 1913 – December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Kweyang
  • François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (December 3, 1924 – September 11, 1942)
  • Jean Larrart, M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (September 13, 1942 – April 11, 1946)
Archbishop of Kweyang
  • Jean Larrart, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – July 14, 1966)
Archbishops of Guiyang

Suffragan dioceses

See also

References

  1. ↑ Launay 1907, p. 7.
  2. 1 2 3 "Archdiocese of Guiyang". ucanews.com. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Launay 1907, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Jeanne, P. J. (June 1983). "一八〇三年會議前的四川敎會" [The Church in Sichuan before the 1803 Synod] (PDF). Tripod (in Traditional Chinese). No. 15. Hong Kong: Holy Spirit Study Centre. p. 22. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ "明清時代的珠江文化——第四節　明清珠江流域的宗教文化（2）" [Culture along the Pearl River during the Ming and Qing era: Its Religious Culture (part 2)]. hk.crntt.com (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ Guiyang Local Records Compilation Committee, ed. (2005). 贵阳市云岩区志 [Annals of Yunyan District of Guiyang] (in Simplified Chinese). Guiyang: Guizhou People's Press. p. 1215. ISBN 9787221071521.

Bibliography

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