Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Chihfeng [Chifeng], Diocese of

CHIHFENG, DIOCESI DI

By Adamo Pucci

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CHIHFENG [CHIFENG], Diocese of. - It is located in China, in the civil province of Jehol. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 21 Jan. 1932, by division of the apostolic vicariate of Jehol and entrusted to the Chinese secular clergy. On 21 Apr. 1949 it was elevated to a diocese, suffragan of Syiyan.

It has an area of 62,000 sq. km. The total population, as of 30 June 1947, was 1,700,000 inhabitants, of poor condition and devoted to agriculture; Catholics numbered 29,300. The territory of this mission can be considered, of the entire Mongol region, the one most deeply evangelized, especially in the northern and north-western parts, inhabited by ancient Christian communities. The missionary personnel, at the aforementioned date, consisted of 34 Chinese secular priests, 4 fathers of the Congregation of Scheut and 7 Chinese lay religious.

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BIBL.: GM, p. 192; MC, p. 78; Annuaire de l'Eglise catholique en Chine 1948, Sciangai 1948, passim.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1534.

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Pucci, Adamo. “Chihfeng, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1534. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chihfeng-diocesi-di.

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Pucci, Adamo. “Chihfeng, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1534. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chihfeng-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_chihfeng_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Pucci, Adamo},
  title     = {Chihfeng, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1534},
  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/chihfeng-diocesi-di}
}

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