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Diocese of Jiangmen

*Dioecesis Chiammenensis*

天主教江门教区
Diocese of Jiangmen; Dioecesis Chiammenensis; 天主教江门教区
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Guangzhou
Metropolitan	Guangzhou
Statistics
Area	35,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 1950); 4,000,000; 8,292 (0.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Zhongshan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Paul Liang Jian-sen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Gan Junqiu

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Fr Liang Jian-sen, current Bishop of Jiangmen introducing the history of Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral to students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong. On the left of the photo is Fr Thomas A. Peyton. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.

Fr Thomas A. Peyton introducing the history of Bishop Adolph John Paschang, who used to serve in this Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, to students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong. On the right hand side of the photo is Fr Liang Jian-sen. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.

A group photo of the students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong in front of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral at No. 67 Hai Bang Road, Bei Jie, Jiangmen, where Bishop Adolph J Paschang used to serve. Right in the middle of the front row is Fr Liang Jian-sen who is now Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen/Kongmoon (Latin: Chiammenen(sis), Chinese: 江門) is a diocese located in the city of Jiangmen in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China.

History

January 31, 1924: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jiangmen 江門 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭
February 3, 1927: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangmen 江門
April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Jiangmen 江門

Special churches

Former Cathedral:
- 圣母无玷圣心堂（原本主教座堂）
  (Immaculate Heart of Mary Former Cathedral)

Leadership

Bishops of Jiangmen 江門 (Roman rite)
- Bishop Paul LIANG Jian-sen, consecrated 30 March 2011^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
- LI Pen-shi (1981 – 2007) (without papal approval)
- Bishop Adolph John Paschang, M.M. (柏增) (April 11, 1946 – February 3, 1968).In 1969, when a new primary school was set up in Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong, the school founding Supervisor, Fr. John M Mcloughlin, MM, named the school Bishop Paschang Memorial School, after Bishop Adolph John Paschang.^[5] The school has been relocated to Kowloon Bay and renamed Bishop Paschang Catholic School. Sponsoring body of Bishop Paschang Catholic School is still the Maryknoll Fathers in Hong Kong.^[6]
Vicars Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Adolph John Paschang, M.M. (柏增) (June 17, 1937 – April 11, 1946)
- Bishop James Edward Walsh, M.M. (華理柱) (February 1, 1927 – July 1936). Bishop Walsh Memorial School was founded in 1963 in memory of the good work of Bishop Walsh,^[7] who upon his release by the Communist government on 10 July 1970, was the last Western missioner to be released.

References

^ ^a ^b "A Friend of Maryknoll Ordained as Bishop of Jiangmen". Fr. Brian Barrons. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
^ "天主教江门教区隆重举行梁建森主教祝圣典礼". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
^ "亚洲/中国 - 江门主教祝圣，信仰通讯社，2011-04-08". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
^ "天主教江门教区隆重举行梁建森主教祝圣典礼". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
^ "瑪利諾神父創會百周年紀念特約專輯2". 明報 E2 版. 2011-04-21.
^ "Official web page of Bishop Paschang Catholic School". Retrieved 2011-05-07.
^ "Official web page of Bishop Walsh Primary School". Archived from the original on 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

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+{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in China}}
-{{Infobox Diocese
+{{Prose|date=March 2014}}
-|jurisdiction=Diocese
+{{Infobox diocese
-|name= Jiangmen
+|jurisdiction     = Diocese
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+|name             = Jiangmen
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+|local            = 天主教江门教区
-|country= China
+|latin            = Dioecesis Chiammenensis
-|metropolitan=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]]
+|country          = {{flag|China}}
-|rite=[[Latin Rite]]
+|metropolitan     = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]]
-|cathedral = 圣母圣心主教座堂<br />(''Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral'')
+|province         = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]]
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+|rite             = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]
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+|cathedral        = Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in [[Zhongshan]]
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+|cocathedral      =
-|population_as_of= 1950
+|area_km2         = 35,000
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+|population       = 4,000,000
+|population_as_of = 1950
+|catholics        = 8,292
 |catholics_percent= 0.2
+|pope             = {{Incumbent pope}}
-|bishop= ''vacant''
+|bishop           = Paul Liang Jian-sen<ref name="barrons">{{cite web|url=http://stanleymaryknoll.typepad.com/chinahands/2011/03/a-friend-of-maryknoll-ordained-as-bishop-of-jiangmen.html
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+|title=A Friend of Maryknoll Ordained as Bishop of Jiangmen
-|auxiliary_bishops =
+|publisher=Fr. Brian Barrons|accessdate=2011-06-02}}</ref>
-|}}
+|coadjutor        =
+|metro_archbishop = Joseph Gan Junqiu
+|auxiliary_bishops=
+}}
+[[File:FrLiangJiansen.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Fr Liang Jian-sen, current Bishop of Jiangmen introducing the history of Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral to students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong. On the left of the photo is Fr Thomas A. Peyton. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.]]
-The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen/Kongmoon''' {[[Latin language|Latin]]: '' Chiammenen(sis)'', [[中文]]: 江門} is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Jiangmen]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]] in China.
+[[File:梁主教靜聽譚神父聖言.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Fr Thomas A. Peyton introducing the history of Bishop Adolph John Paschang, who used to serve in this Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, to students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong. On the right hand side of the photo is Fr Liang Jian-sen. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.]]
+[[File:groupphotoinJiangmencathedral.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A group photo of the students of the five Maryknoll Fathers schools from Hong Kong in front of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral at No. 67 Hai Bang Road, Bei Jie, Jiangmen, where Bishop Adolph J Paschang used to serve. Right in the middle of the front row is Fr Liang Jian-sen who is now Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen. Photo taken on 19 March 2011.]]
+The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen/Kongmoon''' ({{lang-la|Chiammenen(sis)}}, {{zh|江門}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Jiangmen]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou|Guangzhou]] in China.
 ==History==
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 ==Leadership==
 * [[Bishop]]s of Jiangmen 江門 (Roman rite)
+** Bishop Paul LIANG Jian-sen, consecrated 30 March 2011<ref name="barrons" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sara.gov.cn/nsjg/ywes/gzdt4/7778.htm|title=天主教江门教区隆重举行梁建森主教祝圣典礼|accessdate=2011-06-02|archive-date=2011-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728094918/http://sara.gov.cn/nsjg/ywes/gzdt4/7778.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=6226&lan=chi|title=亚洲/中国 - 江门主教祝圣，信仰通讯社，2011-04-08|accessdate=2011-06-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319205241/http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=6226&lan=chi|archivedate=2012-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mzzjw.gd.gov.cn/zjtd/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=4273|title= 天主教江门教区隆重举行梁建森主教祝圣典礼|accessdate= 2011-06-02|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720144113/http://www.mzzjw.gd.gov.cn/zjtd/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=4273|archivedate= 2011-07-20}}</ref>
-** Bishop [[Adolph John Paschang]], [[M.M.]] (柏增) (April 11, 1946 – February 3, 1968)
+** LI Pen-shi (1981&nbsp;– 2007) (without papal approval)
+** Bishop [[Adolph John Paschang]], [[Maryknoll|M.M.]] (柏增) (April 11, 1946&nbsp;– February 3, 1968).In 1969, when a new primary school was set up in [[Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate]], [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]], the school founding Supervisor, Fr. John M Mcloughlin, MM, named the school [[Bishop Paschang Memorial School]], after Bishop [[Adolph John Paschang]].<ref>{{cite news|title=瑪利諾神父創會百周年紀念特約專輯2|newspaper=明報 E2 版 |date=2011-04-21}}</ref> The school has been relocated to [[Kowloon Bay]] and renamed [[Bishop Paschang Catholic School]]. Sponsoring body of [[Bishop Paschang Catholic School]] is still the [[Maryknoll]] Fathers in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpcs.edu.hk/ |title=Official web page of Bishop Paschang Catholic School |accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref>
 * Vicars Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (Roman Rite)
-** Bishop Adolph John Paschang, M.M. (柏增) (June 17, 1937 – April 11, 1946)
+** Bishop [[Adolph John Paschang]], M.M. (柏增) (June 17, 1937&nbsp;– April 11, 1946)
+** Bishop [[James Edward Walsh]], M.M. (華理柱) (February 1, 1927&nbsp;– July 1936). [[Bishop Walsh Primary School|Bishop Walsh Memorial School]] was founded in 1963 in memory of the good work of Bishop Walsh,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/home/am/index_frameset.htm/ |title=Official web page of Bishop Walsh Primary School |accessdate=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624011946/http://info.bishopwalsh.edu.hk/home/am/index_frameset.htm |archivedate=2011-06-24 }}</ref> who upon his release by the Communist government on 10 July 1970, was the last Western missioner to be released.
-** Bishop [[James Edward Walsh]], M.M. (華理柱) (February 1, 1927 – July 1936)
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-{{Portal|Christianity in China}}
-* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kong0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
+==External links==
+{{commons category|Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen}}
+==Further reading==
+* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kong0.htm GCatholic.org]
 * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkong.html Catholic Hierarchy]
 * [http://www.ucanews.com/dps/html/dps-ch_jiangmen.php UCAN Diocese Profile]
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+{{authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jiangmen}}
-[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in China]]
+[[Category:1924 establishments in China]]
-[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1924]]
+[[Category:Christianity in Guangdong]]
+[[Category:Jiangmen]]
+[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1924]]
 [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]
+[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in China]]
-{{China-stub}}
-{{Asia-RC-diocese-stub}}
-[[it:Diocesi di Jiangmen]]
-[[zh:天主教江门教区]]