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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanlong

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Metropolitan
  
Guiyang

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
45,000 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Sede Vacante

Country
  
China

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanlong/Anlong (Latin: Nganlomen(sis), Chinese: 南龍, 安龍) is a diocese located in the city of Nanlong in the Ecclesiastical province of Guiyang in China.

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History

  • February 16, 1922: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong 安龍 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow 貴州 and Apostolic Vicariate of Guangxi 廣西
  • April 27, 1927: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong 安龍
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanlong 南龍/Anlong 安龍

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Nanlong 南龍 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – January 26, 1952)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. (April 21, 1927 – April 11, 1946)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Nanlong 南龍 (Roman Rite)
  • Fr. Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. (later Bishop) (November 22, 1922 – April 21, 1927)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanlong Wikipedia
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