ANKWO [ANGUO], Diocese of. - Diocese of northern China, situated in the central part of the civil province of Hopeh (ancient Chihli). The mission, erected as an apostolic prefecture on 15 April 1924, under the name of Lihsien, the city then chosen as its capital, on 13 July 1929 was elevated to a vicariate and its seat was transferred to A., whence the present name. On 11 April 1946 it was elevated to a diocese. A. and Puchi (v.) are the first two missionary circumscriptions entrusted to the Chinese clergy. The Priests of the Mission (Lazarists) of the religious province of northern China work there. As of 30 June 1940 the inhabitants numbered 1,270,000 in all, of whom 32,937 were Catholics; there were 26 priests, 74 brothers and 116 sisters. The population is for the most part simple, devoted to agriculture; it follows the cult of the ancestors with superstitious Buddhist and Taoist manifestations.

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BIBL.: Guida delle Miss. Catt., Rome [1935], pp. 189-90; MC, pp. 14-15.

Adam Pucci

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