KIRIN [JILIN CITY], Diocese of. - Located in the central-eastern part of Manchuria (China), it has an area of 176,973 sq km and a population of 9,000,000 inhabitants. It is entrusted to the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris. Erected as an apostolic vicariate on 19 May 1898 under the name of Northern Manchuria, after the cession to the apostolic vicariate of Wonsan, today Ham-Heung (Korea), of the districts of Yenki and Ilan, it received its present name. Its elevation to a diocese took place on 11 Apr. 1946.

The number of Catholics is 35,000, with 33 native priests and 31 foreign; 9 major seminarians; 223 native sisters and 23 foreign; 37 primary stations and 72 secondary; 16 churches and 71 chapels; one hospital with 22 beds; 3 orphanages, 2 homes for the aged.

The first movement of conversion arose in the province of Heilungkiang, whence it spread into the region of K. In 1900 the mission suffered the persecution of the Boxers, during which a Chinese priest and three missionaries were killed, together with numerous faithful.

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BIBL.: AAS, 32 (1940), pp. 343-45; 38 (1946), pp. 301-13; MC, 1949, pp. 199-200; id., 1950, p. 305.

Edoardo Pecorsio

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Kirin [Jilin City], Diocese of

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