Roman Catholic Diocese of Jilin

Diocese of Jilin Dioecesis Chilinensis 天主教吉林教区
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Shenyang
Metropolitan	Shenyang
Statistics
Area	163,000 km2 (63,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1949) 9,000,000 35,000 (0.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jilin City
Patron saint	Our Lady of Lourdes Saint Peter Holy Guardian Angels
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Pei Junmin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jilin/Kírín (Latin: Chilinen(sis), Chinese: 吉林) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in China.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of St. Theresa, in Changchun 长春, while the former cathedral is now the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the city of Jilin.

History

• May 10, 1898: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Manchuria 北滿, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung and Manuchria 遼東滿州
• December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jilin 吉林 after its see
• On 1928.07.09, it lost territory to establish the then Mission sui juris of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (now an Apostolic prefecture)
• April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Jilin 吉林

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicars of Northern Manchuria 北滿

• Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (May 16, 1898 – death February 17, 1923), Titular Bishop of Raphaneæ (1897.07.24 – 1923.02.17), previously Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1897.07.24 – 1898.05.16)
• Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. (高德惠) (February 17, 1923 – December 3, 1924), Titular Bishop of Canopus (1920.12.16 – 1946.04.11 see below), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria (1920.12.20 – 1923.02.17)

Apostolic Vicar of Jilin 吉林

• • Bishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. (高德惠) (see above December 3, 1924 – April 11, 1946 see below)

Suffragan Bishops of Jilin 吉林

• Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. (高德惠) (see above April 11, 1946 – death October 21, 1952)
• uncanonical Wang Wei-min (王維民) (1959 – 1981) (consacrated Bishop 1959.05.31 without papal mandate)
• uncanonical Roch Liu Dian-xi (劉殿墀) (1982 – death 1985.04.04) (consacrated Bishop 1982.10.10 without papal mandate)
• uncanonical John Li Xue-song (李雪松) (1985 – 1994.05.20) (consacrated Bishop 1985.09.22 without papal mandate)
• Damas Zhang Han-min (張翰民) (1999 – death 2009.07.19)
• vacancy

Sources and External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy