The Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian is Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Lixian (Li County, Hunan), central China.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province), and on its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
No statistics available. It borders on its mother diocese Changde and those of Yuanling æ²Â
éµ and Yichang å®Âæ as well as on the Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi æ²Â帠and Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang å²³é½.
It is vacant, under an Apostolic administrator since 2012.
History
Established on 6 May 1931 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣 (ä¸ÂæÂÂ) / Lizhou 澧巠(ä¸ÂæÂÂ) / Lichow / Lichoven(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Changde (常德, now a diocese).
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
Apostolic Prefects of Lixian 澧縣
- Father Ippolito MartÃÂnez y MartÃÂnez, Augustinians (O.S.A.) (born Spain) (1932.01.16 â death 1963)
- Li Zhen-lin (æÂÂéÂÂæÂÂ) (1958 â death 1970?), without papal mandate
- Anthony Wang Zi-cheng (çÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæ¾Â) (1987 â death 1995.05.24), without papal mandate
- Apostolic Administrator Methodius Qu Ai-lin (å±Âè¹æÂÂ) (2012â ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha é·沠(China) (2012â ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three suffragan dioceses Yuanling æ²Â
éµ, Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou è¡¡å· and Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde 常德, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou æ°¸å·Â, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang å²³é½, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan æ¹Âæ½Â, Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing 寶æÂ
¶ (all China, all 2012 â ...).
See also
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