Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic prefectures

Chaotung [Zhaotong], Apostolic Prefecture of

CHAOTUNG, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI

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CHAOTUNG [ZHAOTONG], APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is located in that north-eastern part of the civil province of Yunnan (China) which wedges between Szechwan and Kweichow. It was erected on 8 April 1935 with part of the territory of the apostolic vicariate of Yunnanfu, and entrusted to the Chinese secular clergy.

It has an area of 5,000 sq. km. The total population is about 2,000,000 inhabitants, mostly Chinese from Szechwan, but there are also quite a few Miao and Lolo aborigines. As of 30 June 1947 Catholics numbered 8,147, with 12 Chinese secular priests and 7 foreign ones (Italian Camillians), 5 foreign lay religious and 6 nuns, of whom 4 were Chinese. Among the works of the mission are the preparatory and minor seminary, 4 orphanages and 2 hospitals.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Annuaire de l'Eglise catholique en Chine 1948, Shanghai 1948, passim: MC, p. 75.

Adamo Pucci

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1387.

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Pucci, Adamo. “Chaotung, prefettura apostolica di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1387. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chaotung-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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Pucci, Adamo. “Chaotung, prefettura apostolica di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1387. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chaotung-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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  author    = {Pucci, Adamo},
  title     = {Chaotung, prefettura apostolica di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1387},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/chaotung-prefettura-apostolica-di}
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