Diocese of Ningbo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian is a diocese located in the city of Ningbo in the ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the bishop. The official cathedral is the one dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus but which used to be dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrow. The other cathedral is the one dedicated to the Assumption of Mary which was rebuilt from 1995–2000. The latter church is a former cathedral.
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was destroyed in a fire on July 28, 2014.
History
- 1687: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建
- October 15, 1696: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江
- 1838: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西
- 1846: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江
- May 10, 1910: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chekiang 浙東
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo 寧波
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Ningbo 寧波
Leadership
- Bishops of Ningbo
- * Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yang-ke
- * Bishop Mathew Hu Xiande
- * Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Ningbo 寧波
- * Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M.
- * Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang 浙東
- * Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Chekiang 浙江
- * Bishop Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M.
- * Bishop Edmond-François Guierry, C.M.
- * Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M.
- * Bishop Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M.
- * Bishop François-Xavier Danicourt, C.M.
- * Bishop Pierre Lavaissière, C.M.
- * Bishop Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Chekiang and Kiangsi 浙江江西
- * Bishop François-Alexis Rameaux, C.M.