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Archdiocese of Nanchang

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang (, ) is an archdiocese based in the city of Nanchang in China.

History

  • 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
  • 1838: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
  • 1846: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Kiangsi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi
  • August 19, 1879: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kiangsi
  • August 25, 1920: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiujiang
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanchang
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nanchang

Leadership

  • Archbishops of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop John Wu Shi-zhen (1991–2014)
  • Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (July 18, 1946 – 1972)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. (July 3, 1931 – February 19, 1944)
  • Bishop Louis-Élisée Fatiguet, C.M. (February 24, 1911 – February 13, 1931)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi 江西北境 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. (September 24, 1905 – November 5, 1910)
  • Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (August 19, 1879 – September 24, 1905)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kiangsi 江西 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. (March 15, 1870 – August 19, 1879)
  • Bishop François-Xavier Danicourt, C.M. (顧方濟) (1854 – February 2, 1860)
  • Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. (田嘉璧 / 田類斯) (February 27, 1852 – June 12, 1854)
  • Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. (March 26, 1846 – July 20, 1850)

Suffragan dioceses

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