Archdiocese of Shenyang
The Archdiocese of Shenyang is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in northeastern PR China.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the city of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province.
History
- The Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東, alias of Manchuria and Mongolia 滿蒙, was established by Pope Gregory XVI in 1838, taking the "vast Tartar province called Leao-Tung" from the existing Roman Catholic Diocese of Beijing 北京.
- August 20, 1840: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of
- May 10, 1898: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Manchuria 南滿, having ceded territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Manchuria 北滿)
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽 alias Fengtian 奉天 alias Moukden
- Ceded territory on 1929-08-02 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Szepingkai 四平街 and again on 1932-02-04 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang''' 瀋陽, ending its missionary, exempt pre-diocesan status
- Ceded territory on 1949-07-14 to establish the Diocese of Yingkou 營口
Episcopal ordinaries
; Apostolic Vicar of Liaotung 遼東- Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, Paris Foreign Missions Society, Titular Bishop of Columbica
- Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P.
- Constant Dubail, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Bolina
- * Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Myrina
- Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Traianopolis (in Phrygia)
- Laurent Guillon, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Eumenia
- * Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Raphaneæ, later Apostolic Vicar of Northern Manchuria 北滿
- Laurent Guillon, M.E.P.
- Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Zela
- * Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Vincent-François-Joseph Sage, M.E.P.
- Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P., previously Apostolic Vicar of Southern Manchuria 南滿 & Titular Bishop of Lambæsis
- Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P.
- Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P.
- Ignatius Pi Shu-shi
- uncanonical Paul Xu Zhen-jiang
- Lawrence Zhang Huai-liang
- Pius Jin Pei-xian
- Paul Pei Junmin ; succeeded as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Shenyang