Guangzhou [Canton] (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Joseph Gan Junqiu, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 11 April 1946
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: China
Square Kilometers: 43,332 (16,736 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Catholic Mission She-Se, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Historical Details

Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong)
- Erected: 11 May 1848
- Prefecture
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou]
- Latin Name: Coamceuvensis
- Elevated: 6 April 1914
- Vicariate
- Country: China

Past and Present Ordinaries

Napoléon François Libois, M.E.P. † (11 May 1848 Appointed - Oct 1853 Resigned)
Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † (16 Nov 1853 Appointed - 5 Apr 1886 Died)
Augustin Chausse, M.E.P. † (6 Apr 1886 Succeeded - 12 Oct 1900 Died)
Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † (20 Apr 1901 Appointed - 4 Aug 1914 Resigned)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † (28 Apr 1916 Appointed - 1921 Resigned)
Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. † (20 Feb 1923 Appointed - 11 Dec 1947 Retired)
Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † (26 May 1981 Appointed - 27 Jun 1995 Died)
[Joseph Ye Yin-yun] † (Sep 1981 Appointed - 13 Mar 1990 Died)
[James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] † (6 May 1990 Ordained Bishop - 25 May 2001 Died)
Joseph Gan Junqiu (16 Nov 2007 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
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) (Western part)	Vicariate Apostolic of Kiaotsu (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou]
6 April 1914	Elevated	Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) (Eastern part)	Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou]
9 April 1920	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] (Northern part)	Vicariate Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan] (erected)
1 August 1920	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] (Hainan Island and the Western part)	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kwangtung and Hainan {Kuangtong Occidentale et Hainan} (erected)
31 January 1924	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou] (Saining, Loting, Wanfau, Yeung-lcong, Sinyi, Timpale, Maoming, Sanning, Tehek-Tcai, and Sanwui, including the island of Sancian)	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

Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton]

1949 20,346 4,800,000 .4% 44 17 61 333 94 1 ap2002

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
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.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † (Vicar Apostolic: 28 Apr 1916 to 1921)
Augustin Chausse, M.E.P. † (Coadjutor Prefect: 16 Dec 1880; Prefect: 6 Apr 1886 to 12 Oct 1900)
Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. † (Vicar Apostolic: 20 Feb 1923; Archbishop: 11 Apr 1946 to 11 Dec 1947)
Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † (Prefect: 16 Nov 1853 to 5 Apr 1886)
Peter Lei Wang-kee (Li Hongji, Wang Kei-lei) †
Napoléon François Libois, M.E.P. † (Prefect: 11 May 1848 to Oct 1853)
Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † (Prefect: 20 Apr 1901; Vicar Apostolic: 6 Apr 1914 to 4 Aug 1914)
[James Ping Leung Lin (Lin Binglian)] † (Bishop: 6 May 1990 to 25 May 2001)
Adolphe Rayssac, M.E.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 11 Mar 1915 to 12 Feb 1917)
Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † (Apostolic Administrator: 1 Oct 1950; Archbishop: 26 May 1981 to 27 Jun 1995)
[ Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin)] †
Boniface Yang Fujie (Yeung Fuk-tseuk) † (Priest: 13 May 1906; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Mar 1931 to 23 Feb 1938)
[Joseph Ye Yin-yun] † (Bishop: Sep 1981 to 13 Mar 1990)

Source(s)

Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong)
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 131
Vicariate Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou]
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 6, Page 344
Archdiocese of Guangzhou [Canton]
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 301, to Page 313

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