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Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang/Ichang is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

History
• Established on September 2, 1870 as Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh 湖北 • Renamed on December 3, 1924 after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang 宜昌 • Lost territories twice : on 1936.07.07 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi 沙市 and on 1938.06.14 to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Shinan 施南 • Promoted on April 11, 1946: as Diocese of Yichang 宜昌. ==Episcopal ordinaries==
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite; until 1950 European missionary members of Latin congregations) ;Apostolic Vicars of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境Alessio Maria Filippi, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Italy) (25 January 1876 – death 22 November 1888), Titular Bishop of Cæsarea Paneas (1876.01.25 – 1888.11.22), previously Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (1870.08 – 25 January 1876)Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. (born Belgium) (February 13, 1889 – retired 1899), Titular Bishop of Colophon (1889.02.13 – death 1931.01.07) • Théotime Matthieu Verhaeghen, O.F.M. (born Belgium) (April 27, 1900 – death July 19, 1904), Titular Bishop of Syene (1900.04.27 – 1904.07.19) • Modest Everaerts, O.F.M. (born Belgium) (December 24, 1904 – death October 27, 1922), Titular Bishop of Tadama (1904.12.24 – 1922.10.27) • Johannes Trudo Jans, O.F.M. (born Belgium) (13 December 1923 – 3 December 1924 see below), Titular Bishop of Rhosus (1923.12.13 – death 1929.09.09) ;Apostolic Vicars of Yichang 宜昌Johannes Trudo Jans, O.F.M. (born Belgium) (see above 3 December 1924 – death 9 September 1929) • Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. (顧學德) (born Belgium) (March 25, 1930 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Attuda (1930.03.25 – 1946.04.11) ;Suffragan Bishops of Yichang 宜昌Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. () (see above April 11, 1946 – death November 18, 1950), also Apostolic Administrator of daughter Diocese of Shinan 施南 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.11.18) • Paul Francis Zhang Mingqian O.F.M. (first Chinese incumbent) (1959 – death 2005.07.24), without papal mandateFrancis Lu Shouwang (2007 - death April 30, 2011). == See also ==
Sources and external links
• GCatholic.org - data for all sections • Catholic Hierarchy • Diocese website (Chinese) • UCAN Diocese Profile • Carine DUJARDIN, Missionering en Moderniteit. De Belgische minderbroeders in China 1872-1940 [Mission and Modernity. The Belgian Franciscans in China 1872-1940], KADOC-Studies 19, Leuven University Press, 1996, 518 p.
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