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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Guiyang

Pope
  
Francis

Province
  
Guizhou

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
100,000 km²

Country
  
China

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 7,000,000 24,713 (0.4%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Joseph in Guiyang

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi

Address
  
166 Shaanxi Rd, Yunyan Qu, Guiyang Shi, Guizhou Sheng, China, 550000

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang/Kweyang (Latin: Coeiiamen(sis), simplified Chinese: 贵阳; traditional Chinese: 貴陽) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang in China.

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History

  • October 15, 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian
  • 1715: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan
  • March 27, 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow from the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Guiyang (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi (1988–present)
  • Archbishop Augustine Hu Daguo (1987-1997)
  • Archbishop Jean Larrart, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – July 14, 1966)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Jean Larrart, M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (September 13, 1942 – April 11, 1946)
  • Bishop François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (December 3, 1924 – September 11, 1942)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kweichow 貴州 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (October 21, 1913 – December 3, 1924)
  • Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. (December 22, 1871 – April 24, 1893)
  • Bishop Louis-Simon Faurie, M.E.P. (胡缚理) (1853 – June 21, 1871)
  • Bishop Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. (白斯德望) (August 13, 1846 – April 22, 1853)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Nanlong 南龍

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang Wikipedia
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