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31°45′00″N 116°28′59″E / 31.7500°N 116.4830°E / 31.7500; 116.4830
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Diocese of Lu'an

Dioecesis Lunganensis

天主教潞安教区
Location
Country China
Ecclesiastical province Taiyuan
Metropolitan Taiyuan
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1949)
3,000,000
30,000 (1.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi, Shanxi
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Meng Zhuyou
CoadjutorPeter Ding Lingbin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lu'an/Changzhi ( Latin: Lunganen(sis), Chinese: 潞安, 長治) (Not to be confused with Lu'an (六安) in Anhui province) is a diocese located in the city of Lu'an in the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China. Currently, in standard Mandarin, the name of the city is pronounced "Luan". In the local dialect, it was pronounced, "Lu-ngan", which was why early accounts by Christian missionaries call it by that name. The American presbyterian publication "The Chinese recorder and missionary journal, Volume 3" calls it "Lu-ngan-fu". [1]

History

  • October 15, 1696: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Shansi 山西 from the Diocese of Nanjing å—京
  • 1712: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi and Shansi é™è¥¿å±±è¥¿
  • March 2, 1844: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Shansi 山西 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi and Shansi é™è¥¿å±±è¥¿
  • June 17, 1890: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shansi 山西å—境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu 潞安府
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Lu’an

Leadership

References

  1. ^ REV. JUSTUS DOOLITTLE, ed. (1871). The Chinese recorder and missionary journal, Volume 3. FOOCHOW: American Presbyterian Mission Press. p. 213. Retrieved 2010-06-28.(Original from Harvard University)

31°45′00″N 116°28′59″E / 31.7500°N 116.4830°E / 31.7500; 116.4830