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)7,000,00024,713 (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.

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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