Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde
Encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde is a diocese
located in the city of Changde
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Changsha 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 Changde
Changde
Changde is a city in the north of Hunan Province, China, with a population of 5,717,218 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,232,182 in the built up area made of 2 urban districts .-History:...
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 Changsha in China.
History
- September 19, 1879: Established as 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 Northern Hunan 湖南北境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南 - December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Changde 常德
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 Changde 常德 (Roman rite)- Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A.AugustiniansThe term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
(April 11, 1946 – April 23, 1965)
- Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A.
- Vicars Apostolic of Changde 常德 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. (December 11, 1939 – April 11, 1946)
- Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (December 2, 1924 – November 16, 1938)
- Vicars Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. (March 22, 1917 – December 3, 1924)
- Bishop Juvencio Hospital de la Puebla, O.S.A. (September 18, 1911 – March 1917)
- Bishop Luis Pérez y Pérez (March 10, 1896 – April 15, 1910)