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Catholic missionary jurisdiction in China
The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in
Yueyang ,
Hunan province, 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
Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi 蒲圻, on the archdioceses of
Nanchang 南昌 and
Changsha 長沙 and on the
Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣.
It is vacant, under an
Apostolic administrator since 2012.
Established on 7 May 1931 as
Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 (中文) / Yuezhou 岳州 (中文) / Yochow / Yochoven(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Changde (常德, now a diocese).
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(all
Roman Rite )
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Apostolic Prefects of Lixian 澧縣
Father Angelo de la Calle Fontecha,
Augustinians (O.S.A.) (born Spain) (1932.01.16 – death 1964)
James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. (1958–?), without papal mandate; died 1997
Apostolic Administrator Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (2012– ...), while Metropolitan Archbishop of
Changsha 長沙 (China) (2012– ...); also Apostolic Administrator of its three
suffragan dioceses
Yuanling 沅陵,
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengzhou 衡州 and
Roman Catholic Diocese of Changde 常德, Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Prefecture of Yongzhou 永州, Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Prefecture of Lixang 澧縣, Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan 湘潭, Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Prefecture of Baoqing 寶慶 (all China, all 2012 – ...).
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