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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding (formerly spelled Kangting; Latin: Dioecesis Camtimensis; Chinese: 天主教康定教區) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Kangding

Dioecesis Camtimensis

天主教康定教區
天主教康定教区
The former Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at Kangding (exterior and interior), completed in 1912,[1] and demolished during the Cultural Revolution.[2] It was replaced by a smaller church bearing the same name in 1997.[3]
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceChongqing
MetropolitanChongqing
Statistics
Area160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 1950)
4,000,000
5,870 (0.1%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 27, 1846 (as apostolic vicariate)
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral, Kangding
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopSede vacante

Established on March 27, 1846 as an apostolic vicariate for the Mission of Tibet, its episcopal see is located in the city of Kangding, Sichuanese Tibet, known to the Tibetans as Dartsedo or Tatsienlu. It has been vacant since 1962.

Territory edit

The diocese includes the western part of Sichuan Province and theoretically the entire Tibet Autonomous Region. Specifically, it covers the two historical regions of Kham and Sikkim (the latter with its headquarters in Darjeeling, separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet in 1920); Western Sichuan such as the counties and cities of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture: Batang, Dapba, Draggo, Garzê, Jagsam, Litang, Nyachukha, Nyagrong, Pelyül, Qagchêng, Rongzhag, Sêrxü, Tatsienlu, Tawu; two counties in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture: Quqên and Tsanlha; Hanyuan County in Central Sichuan; counties in the former province of Hsikang: Dengke [zh], Enda [zh], Kemai [zh], Ningjing [zh], Taizhao [zh]; two counties and one city of Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan Province: Dêqên, Shangri-La and Weixi; and counties and cities of the Tibet Autonomous Region: Chagyab and Gonjo (Chamdo), Gonggar (Lhoka), and Lhari (Nagqu).[4]

The Diocese of Kangding is bordered by the Diocese of Chengdu and Diocese of Jiading to the east; Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar and Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh to the west; Apostolic Prefecture of Xining and Diocese of Qinzhou to the northeast; Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang-Urumqi to the northwest; Diocese of Ningyuan, Diocese of Dali and Diocese of Myitkyina to the southeast; Diocese of Darjeeling and Diocese of Itanagar to the south; and Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal and Eparchy of Bijnor to the southwest.

History edit

 
Genealogy of MEP ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Sichuan (Szechwan), with its three attachments: Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou (Kweichow).
  • Established on March 27, 1846 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhasa (after its Tibetan see, Lhasa), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan and Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan
  • Renamed on July 28, 1868 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet (Vicariatus Apostolicus Thibetanus)
  • Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tatsienlu (Vicariatus Apostolicus de Tatsienlu)
  • Lost territory on 15 December 1929 to establish the then Mission sui iuris of Sikkim (now Diocese of Darjeeling)
  • Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Kangting (Dioecesis Camtimensis)

Ordinaries edit

All Roman Rite.

Apostolic Vicars of Lhasa
 
Ignazio Persico
 
Léon Thomine Desmazures
First Apostolic Vicars of Lhasa
Apostolic Vicars of Tibet
Apostolic Vicars of Tatsienlu
Suffragan Bishop of Kangting
Suffragan Bishop of Kangding

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Billaud, Jean-Paul. "Jean-Baptiste Ouvrard (1880–1930), Missionnaire au Tibet (1905–1930)". histoire.bournezeau.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ Nyima, Gyatso (25 December 2016). "这个平安夜，听康定教堂的钟声——甘孜行纪之四" [Sound of Church Bells in Kangding for this Christmas Eve: The Fourth Journey to Garzê]. media.tibet.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ "那些隐藏在大山深处的天主教堂" [Catholic churches hidden in the mountains]. Faith Weekly (in Simplified Chinese). Shijiazhuang. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ Qin, Heping; Shen, Xiaohu, eds. (2008). 四川基督教资料辑要 [A Collection of Historical Documents on Christianity in Sichuan] (in Simplified Chinese). Chengdu: Bashu Publishing House. pp. 603–604. ISBN 978-7-80752-226-3.

Sources and External links and References edit

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