Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou

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

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou (Latin: Hancheuvensis, Chinese: 漢口) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese, based in Hankou (formerly romanized as Hankow or Hangkow), one of the three cities whose merger formed modern-day Wuhan municipality, the capital of the Hubei Province, central China.

Its archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, in Hankou, Wuhan.

It is since 1961, due to the political situation, a vacant 'underground' (arch)diocese, without apostolic administrator.

History

• 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

Its Suffragan sees are :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanyang 漢陽
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou
• Puqi 蒲圻
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou 蘄州
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinan 施南
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuchang 武昌
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiangyang 襄陽
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang 宜昌

Episcopal ordinaries

(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 Thespiae (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

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in China

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

Coordinates: 30°34′57″N 114°17′24″E / 30.5826°N 114.2901°E / 30.5826; 114.2901