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Diocese of Kangding

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Diocese of Kangding
Dioecesis Camtimensis
天主教康定教區
天主教康定教区
File:Sacred Heart Cathedral, Tatsienlu.jpg
Location
Country China
Ecclesiastical province Chongqing
Metropolitan Chongqing
Statistics
Area 160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 1950)
4,000,000
5,870 (0.1%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established March 27, 1846 (as apostolic vicariate)
Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kangding
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Sede vacante
Map
The Tibetan Mission included Sichuanese Tibet, Yunnanese Tibet, Koksang, and until 1929, Sikkim and Bhutan (now Diocese of Darjeeling). Map prepared by Adrien Launay, 1889.

The 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.

Established on March 27, 1846 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Lhasa 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

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 1929); 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, Enda, Kemai, Ningjing, Taizhao; 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).[1]

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

  • 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

All Roman Rite.

Apostolic Vicars of Lhasa
Apostolic Vicars of Tibet
Apostolic Vicars of Tatsienlu
Suffragan Bishop of Kangting
Suffragan Bishop of Kangding

See also

Kanding

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Diocese of Kangding is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation 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.
  2. Back to citation Wikidata item Q870303
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