Diocese of Jiangmen

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	‹See Tfd›Leo XIV
Bishop	Paul Liang Jian-sen
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Gan Junqiu

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

It was established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jiangmen 江門 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭 on January 31, 1924. Then on February 3, 1927 it was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangmen 江門.

On April 11, 1946 it was promoted as Diocese of Jiangmen 江門.

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

Bishops of Jiangmen 江門 (Roman rite)
- Bishop Paul LIANG Jian-sen, consecrated 30 March 2011
- 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. 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.
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, who upon his release by the Communist government on 10 July 1970, was the last Western missioner to be released.