Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) | |||
11 May 1848 | Erected | Diocese of Macau | Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) (erected) |
6 August 1875 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) | Prefecture Apostolic of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi) (erected) |
6 April 1914 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) | Vicariate Apostolic of Kiaotsu (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] | |||
6 April 1914 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) | Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] |
9 April 1920 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] | Vicariate Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan] (erected) |
1 August 1920 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kwangtung and Hainan {Kuangtong Occidentale ed Hainan} (erected) |
31 January 1924 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] | Prefecture Apostolic of Kongmoon [Jiangmen] (erected) |
Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton] | |||
11 April 1946 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] | Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton] |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton] | ||||||||||||
1949 | 20,346 | 4,800,000 | .4% | 44 | 17 | 61 | 333 | 94 | 1 | ap2002 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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