Diocese of Changde 常德, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Changde 常德 (中文) / Changteh / Chángdé 常德 (简体中文) / Ciamtean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Changsha 長沙

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1879.09.19: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (中文) / Hu-nan Settentrionale (Italiano) / Northern Húnán 湖南北境 (简体中文) / Hunanen(sis) Septentrionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Changde 常德 (中文) / Changteh / Chángdé 常德 (简体中文) / de Changteh (Latin)
1925.03.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Chenzhou 辰州
1931.05.06: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣
1931.05.07: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Changde 常德 (中文) / Changteh / Chángdé 常德 (简体中文) / Ciamtean(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Changsha 長沙)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2012 – ...):

Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yongzhou 永州 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Xiangtan 湘潭 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Baoqing 寶慶 (China)

Apostolic Administrator of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Changde 常德 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Methodius Qu Ai-lin (屈藹林) (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012 – ...)

Bishop Michael Yan Gao-jian (楊高堅), O.S.A. ▼
(1958 – ?▼)

Born:	1913.09.28 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1938
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.26 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1995.01.20 († 81)

Bishop of Changde 常德 (China) (1958 – ?▼)

Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote (王德純), O.S.A.
(1946.04.11 – 1965.04.23)

Born:	1885.07.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1908.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.05.26
Died:	1965.04.23 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Zorolus (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Changde 常德 (China) (1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Changde 常德 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1965.04.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Changde 常德 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote (王德純), O.S.A.
(1939.12.11 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal (翟德隆), O.E.S.A.
(1924.12.03 – 1938.11.16)

Born:	1867.08.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1891.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.06.23
Died:	1940.06.28 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1917.03.22 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Calœ (1917.03.22 – 1940.06.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Changde 常德 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1938.11.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal (翟德隆), O.E.S.A.
(1917.03.22 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla, O.E.S.A.
(1911.09.18 – 1917.03)

Born:	1870.02.04 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1894.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.02.04
Died:	1957.10.04 († 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1911.09.18 – 1917.03)

Titular Bishop of Caunas (1911.09.18 – 1957.10.04)

Fr. Agustín González, O.E.S.A.
(1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed)

Born:

(Spain)

Titular Bishop of Adraha (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1910.05.18 – 1911.06.20 not possessed)

Bishop Luis Pérez y Pérez (方類斯), O.E.S.A.
(1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15)

Born:	1846.05.30 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1870.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.09.12
Died:	1910.04.15 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Corycus (1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1896.03.10 – 1910.04.15)

Fr. Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A.
(1884.07.25 – 1896)

Born:	1852.11.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1876
Died:	1916.03.27 († 63)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1884.07.25 – 1896)

Fr. Elías Suárez, O.E.S.A.
(1879.09.19 – 1884.07.25)

Born:	1852.11.01 (Spain)
Died:	1885.11.13 († 33)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China) (1879.09.19 – 1884.07.25)