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Archdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]

Archidioecesis Fomtienensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Paul Pei Junmin, Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 11 April 1946
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: China
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Mission, Archbishop's House, Siao-Nan-Kuen, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung
16 August 1838ErectedDiocese of Peking [Beijing] Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung (erected)
28 August 1840Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Liaotung Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu [Gansu] (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria
28 August 1840Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Liaotung Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}
10 May 1898SplitVicariate Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Moukden
3 December 1924Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale} Vicariate Apostolic of Moukden
2 August 1929Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou]
Vicariate Apostolic of Moukden
Prefecture Apostolic of Szepingkai (erected) (Tao-ciang-tao)
4 February 1932Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Moukden (Civil district East of Tung-Pien-Tao) Prefecture Apostolic of Fushun (erected)
9 February 1938Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Moukden (Chinchow along with Chin-Hsien, Kin-Si, Hing-Ch'eng, Sui-Chung, and I-Hsien) Vicariate Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou]
Archdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
11 April 1946ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Moukden Archdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
14 July 1949Territory LostArchdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien] (Haiskan, Taian, Pechen, Panshan, Haicheng, Yingxian, Kaiping, and Fuhsien) Diocese of Yingkou [Yingkow] (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
195011,7675,040,154.2%333335614127ap1951

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Liaotung
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 130
  • Archdiocese of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien]
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 301, to Page 313
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