Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/ Kanting (Latin: Camtimen(sis), Chinese: 康定) is a Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Roman missionary Congregation propaganda Fide.
Diocese of Kangding Dioecesis Camtimensis 天主教康定教区 | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chongqing |
| Metropolitan | Chongqing |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 1950) 4,000,000 5,870 (0.1%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Kangding |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
Its episcopal see is located in the city of Kangding, know to the Tibetan as Dartsedo. It is vacant since 1962.
History
- Established on March 27, 1846 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩 (after its Tibetan see), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川
- Renamed on July 28, 1868 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏
- Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐
- Lost territory on 15 December 1929 to establish the then Mission sui iuris of Sikkim (now diocese of Darjeeling)
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Kangding 康定
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Vicars of Lhassa 拉薩
- Ignazio Persico, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1856.12.19 – 1860), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (Mauretania Caesariensis) (1854.03.08 – 1870.03.11); later Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1870.03.20 – 1874.06.20), Titular Bishop of Bolina (1874.06.23 – 1879.03.26) & Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (Italy) (1874.06.20 – 1879.03.26), succeeded as Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14), then Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1887.03.14 – 1893.01.16), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.06.13 – 1893.05.30), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1893.01.19 – 1895.12.07), Prefect of the Roman Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1893.05.30 – 1895.12.07)
- Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1857.02.17 – 1864.08.28), Titular Bishop of Synopolis (1856.04.04 – 1869.01.25)
- Apostolic Vicars of Tibet 西藏
- Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. (1864.09.09 – death 1877.12.21), Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1846.03.27 – 1877.12.21), formerly Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1846.03.27 – 1864.09.09)
- Félix Biet, M.E.P. (1878.08.27 – death 1901.09.09), Titular Bishop of Diana (see) (1878.07.23 – 1901.09.09)
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (1901.09.09 – 1924.12.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1897.02.15 – 1941.11.13), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1897.02.15 – 1901.09.09)
- Apostolic Vicars of Dajianlu 打箭爐
- Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. (see above 1924.12.03 – retired 1936.08.09)
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1936.08.06 – 1946.04.11 'see below), Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1926.11.16 – 1946.04.11), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐 (1926.11.11 – 1936.08.06)
- Suffragan Bishops of Kangding 康定
- Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. (1946.04.11 – death 1962.01.07)
- indefinite vacancy
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