The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou (Latin: Hancheuvensis, Chinese: 漢口) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese, based in Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Archdiocese of Hankou Archidioecesis Hancheuvensis 天主教汉口总教区 | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of St Joseph in Wuhan | |
| Location | |
| Country |  China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Hankou |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,120 km2 (4,680 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 2,200,000 35,239 (1.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Joseph in Wuhan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
Its archiepiscopal see is the St. Joseph's Cathedral, in Hankou, Wuhan.
It is since 1961, due to the political situation, a vacant 'underground' (arch)diocese, without apostolic administrator.
History
edit- Established in 1696 as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣 / Houkouang, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian
- Renamed on 8 April 1856 as Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh 湖北 / Hu-pé, having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan 湖南)
- Lost territory on 1870.09.02 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境
- Renamed on September 11, 1870 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Hupeh, having lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北)
- Renamed on December 12, 1923 after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou
- Lost territories again : on 1929.07.18 to establish Mission sui juris of Huangzhou 黃州 and on 1937.06.17 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian 隨縣
- Promoted on 1946.04.11 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hankou
Ecclesiastical province
editIts Suffragan sees are :
Episcopal ordinaries
edit(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Vicars of Hupeh and Hunan 湖廣
- Giovanni Francesco Nicolai(s) (余宜閣), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Italy) (1696.10.20 – death 1737.12.27), Titular Archbishop of Myra (1712.08.20 – 1737.12.27), previously Bishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1691 – 1696.10.20), Titular Bishop of Berytus (1696.10.20 – 1712.08.20)
- Giacomo Luigi Fontana (馮), Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (born Italy) (1838 – death 1838.07.11), Titular Bishop of Sinita (1817.05.24 – 1838.07.11); previously Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan 四川 (China) (1817.05.24 – 1838)
- Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. (born Italy) (1839.08.30 – retired 1856.04.08), Titular Bishop of Arad (1839.08.30 – death 1862.04.13)
- Apostolic Vicars of Hupeh 湖北東境
- Luigi Celestino Spelta (徐類思 / 徐伯達), Reformed Friars Minor (O.F.M. Ref.) (born Italy) (1856.04.08 – 1862.09.02), Titular Bishop of Thespia (1848.09.17 – death 1862.09.02); next Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Kiangnan 江南 (China) (1848.09.17 – 1856.04.08)
- Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (born Italy) (1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11 see below), Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17); succeeding as previous Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh 湖北 (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01), earlier Titular Bishop of Magyddus (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 not possessed)
- Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境
- Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (see above 1870.09.11 – death 1883.05.17)
- Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. (born Italy) (18 June 1884 – death 24 July 1909), Titular Bishop of Madauros (1884.06.18 – 1909.07.24)
- Apostolic Vicars of Hankou 漢口
- Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. (24 July 1909 – death 1923.12.19), Titular Bishop of Hiericho (1906.08.25 – 1923.12.19), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (1906.08.25 – 1909.07.24)
- Apostolic Administrator Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. (希賢) (born Italy) (1925 – succession 26 January 1927), Titular Bishop of Joppe (1910.02.15 – death 10 December 1944); previously Apostolic Vicar of Northern Shansi 山西北境 (China) (1910.02.15 – 1916.07.07), Apostolic Vicar of Central Shensi 陝西中境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03), Apostolic Vicar of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1927.01.26)
- Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. (希賢) (26 January 1927 – death 10 December 1944)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Hankou 漢口
- Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà (羅錦章), O.F.M. (born Italy) (1946.07.26 – death 1961.08.08)
- uncanonical Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M. (first native Chinese incumbent) (1958 – 1994 see below), first term without papal mandate
- Victor Liu He-de (1984 - death 10 December 2001)
- Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. (see above 26 July 1946 – death 8 August 1961), canonical second term with papal mandate
- long vacancy
- Francis Cui Qingqi, ordained 8 September 2020[1]