Chaosien, Diocese of (CHAOSIEN, DIOCESI DI) - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 807

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

CHAOSIEN, DIOCESE of. - It is located in the south-western part of the civil province of Hopeh
CHANSON DE ROLAND - Text of the C. de R. according to the Oxford ms. (1st half of the 12th century), Verses 1487-1514 - Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 23, f. 27.

(Cina). It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 18 March 1929 by division of the apostolic vicariate of Chengtingfu and entrusted to the Chinese secular clergy; on 11 January 1932 it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate and on 11 April 1946 to a diocese, a suffragan of Beijing.

It has an area of 4,200 sq km. The population, as of 30 June 1947, was approximately 900,000 inhabitants. Catholics numbered 45,000. Christian origins in this territory date back more than 300 years. The missionary personnel, as of 30 June 1947, consisted of 39 Chinese secular priests and 68 Chinese sisters, as well as a good number of catechists, baptizers and teachers.

BIBL.: GM, p. 191; Annuaire de l'Eglise catholique en Chine 1948, Sciangai 1948, passim; MC, pp. 73-74. Adamo Pucci