Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang

Archdiocese of Shenyang Archidioecesis Fomtienensis 天主教奉天总教区
230px Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Shenyang
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1950) 5,040,154 11,767 (0.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Pei Junmin

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang (Latin: Fomtienen(sis), Chinese: 瀋陽, 奉天) 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

• Established in 1838 as Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東 alias of Manchuria and Mongolia 滿蒙獨立, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Beijing 北京
• August 20, 1840: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of (Liaotung and) Manchuria 遼東滿州, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古)
• May 10, 1898: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Manchuria 南滿, having lost 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
• Lost 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 (now a suffragan)
• Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shenyang 瀋陽, ending its missionary, exempt pre-diocesan status
• Lost territory on 1949.07.14 to establish the Diocese of Yingkou 營口 (as a suffragan)

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of Liaotung (Manchuria and Mongolia) 遼東

• Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (方若望) (December 11, 1838 – August 20, 1840 see below), Titular Bishop of Columbica (1838.12.11 – 1878.04.29)

Apostolic of Vicars (Liaotung and) Manchuria 遼東滿州

• Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. (方若望) (see aboveAugust 20, 1840 – death April 29, 1878)
• Constant Dubail, M.E.P. (杜公斯) (May 23, 1879 – death December 7, 1887), Titular Bishop of Bolina (1879.05.23 – 1887.12.07)
  • Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (never succeeded) Joseph-André Boyer (包), M.E.P. (1886.04.13 – death 1887.03.08), Titular Bishop of Myrina (1886.04.13 – 1887.03.08)
• Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. (祁類思) (March 23, 1888 – death May 17, 1889), Titular Bishop of Traianopolis (in Phrygia) (1888.03.23 – 1889.05.17)
• Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. (紀隆) (December 28, 1889 – May 10, 1898 see below), Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1889.12.28 – 1900.07.02 see below)
  • Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (never succeeded) Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer (藍祿葉), M.E.P. (1897.07.24 – 1898.05.16), Titular Bishop of Raphaneæ (1897.07.24 – death 1923.02.17), later Apostolic Vicar of Northern Manchuria 北滿 (China) (1898.05.16 – 1923.02.17)

Apostolic Vicars of Southern Manchuria 南滿

• Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. (紀隆) (see above May 10, 1898 – death July 2, 1900)
• Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. (蘇裴理斯) (February 21, 1901 – July 1, 1920), Titular Bishop of Zela (1901.02.21 – death 1923.07.31)
  • Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (never succeeded) Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P. (1914.07.20 – death 1917.09.20, Titular Bishop of Cusæ (1914.07.20 – 1917.09.20)
• Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. (衛忠藩) (December 19, 1921 – December 3, 1924 see below), previously Apostolic Vicar of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1921.12.19 – 1924.12.03) & Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (1921.12.29 – 1946.04.11)

Apostolic Vicar of Shenyang 瀋陽

• Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. (衛忠藩) (see above December 3, 1924 – April 11, 1946 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Shenyang 瀋陽

• Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. (衛忠藩) (see above April 11, 1946 – death May 18, 1946)
• Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石) (July 26, 1949 – death May 16, 1978)
• uncanonical Paul Xu Zhen-jiang (徐振江) (1981 – death 1984.06.22) (consecrated Bishop without papal mandate 1981.07.24)
• uncanonical Lawrence Zhang Huai-liang (張化良) (1988 – death 1989.04) (consecrated Bishop without papal mandate 1988.10.16)
• uncanonical Pius Jin Pei-xian (金沛獻) (1989 – death 2008.06.29) (consecrated Bishop without papal mandate 1989.05.21)
• Paul Pei Junmin (June 29, 2008 – ...); succeeded as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Shenyang (2006 – 2008.06.29)

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan bishoprics :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Chifeng 赤峰
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun 撫順
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Jilin 吉林
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Rehe 熱河
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie 四平街
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanji 延吉
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yingkou 營口

Sources and External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy
• UCAN Diocese Profile
• Archdiocese website (Chinese)