Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan is a diocese
located in the city of Baoding
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Beijing
in China.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Baoding
Baoding
-Administrative divisions:Baoding prefecture-level city consists of 3 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 18 counties:-Demographics:The Baoding urban area has a population of around 1,006,000 . The population of the Baoding administrative area is 10,890,000. The considerable majority are...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Beijing
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing is an archdiocese located in the city of Beijing in China.-History:* 1307: Established as Archdiocese of Khanbalik* 1375: Suppressed...
in China.
History
- February 14, 1910: Established as the Apostolic VicariateApostolic vicariateAn apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more...
of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 - December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定
Special churches
- National Shrine:
- 中华圣母国家朝圣地
(National Shrine of Our Lady of ChinaOur Lady of ChinaOur Lady of China is the name given to an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Donglu, China, first appearing in 1900....
), DongluDongluDonglü is a village in Qingyuan County, Hebei province, China.It has become known for the apparition of Mary, known as Our Lady of China, witnessed there in 1900, and the Marian shrine and pilgrimage site which have since developed.-Geography:...
- 中华圣母国家朝圣地
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite)- Bishop Peter Joseph Fan XueyanPeter Joseph Fan XueyanBishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan was a Chinese Roman Catholic priest and bishop who lived in China during the 20th century. He was born in Siao Wang Ting , China on December 29, 1907. He was ordained a priest on December 22, 1934 in Rome and he shortly thereafter returned to China to work in the...
(範學淹) (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992) - Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946)
- Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan
- Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946)
- Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. (满德胎) (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930)
- Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. (富成功) (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)