Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kunming 昆明, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kunming 昆明 (中文) / Kunming / Kūnmíng 昆明 (简体中文) / Cœnmimen(sis) (Latin)

Neighbouring Dioceses: Dali 大理 (←), Ningyuan 寧遠 (↑), Zhaotong 昭通 (↗), Nanlong 南龍 (→), Nanning 南寧 (→), Lang Són et Cao Bang (↘), Hung Hoá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Kunming 昆明 Uncanonical Diocese

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History

1687: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan 兩廣及雲南 (中文) / Kwangtung-Kuamsi-Yunnan / Guǎngdōng-Guǎngxī-Yúnnán 两广及云南 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian 福建)
1696.10.15: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan 雲南 (中文) / Yunnan / Yúnnán 云南 (简体中文)
1755: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川)
1840.08.28: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan 雲南 (中文) / Yunnan / Yúnnán 云南 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川)
1924.12.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (中文) / Yunnanfu / Yúnnánfǔ 云南府 (简体中文) / de Yunnanfu (Latin)
1929.11.22: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Dali 大理
1935.04.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaotong 昭通
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kunming 昆明 (中文) / Kunming / Kūnmíng 昆明 (简体中文) / Cœnmimen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Dali 大理)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006 – ...▼):

Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (馬英林) (60)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kunming 昆明 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Ma Ying-lin (馬英林) (60)
(2006 – ...▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) ▼

Ad majorem Dei gloriam / 愈顯主榮

Born:	1965.04.22 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.04.30 (no papal mandate)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (2006 – ...▼)

Fr. Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang (張文昌)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000 – 2012.02.05)

Archbishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S. ▼ (later Bishop)
(1962 – 1992.10.30?▼)

Born:	1905 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.15
Died:	1992.10.30? (Kunming, China † 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (1962 – 1992.10.30?▼)

Archbishop Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau (德為能), M.E.P.
(1946.04.11 – 1973.09.30)

Born:	1898.01.15 (Blaison, France)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.03.19
Died:	1973.09.30 (Gohier, France † 75)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1973.09.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau (德為能), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1943.12.08 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Jean Larregain (甘有為), M.E.P.
(1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Non sibi sed gregi

Born:	1888.01.06 (Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France)
Ordained Priest:	1913.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	1942.05.02 (Yunnanfu, China † 54)

Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1939.06.13 – 1942.05.02)

Bishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1933.05.03 – 1938.10.16)

Born:	1887.04.23 (Saint-Gilles-lès-Bruxelles, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.09.17
Died:	1961.08.27 (Bruxelles, Belgium † 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1933.05.03 – 1938.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro (1933.05.23 – 1938.10.16)

Apostolic Delegate to Iraq (1938.10.16 – 1947.07.06)

Titular Archbishop of Misthia (1938.10.16 – 1961.08.27)

Apostolic Delegate to Indonesian Archipelago (1947.07.06 – 1950.03.16)

Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia (1950.03.16 – 1955.05.03)

Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt (1955.05.03 – 1956.11.23)

Bishop Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu (金夢旦), M.E.P.
(1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Born:	1860.10.06 (Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, France)
Ordained Priest:	1883.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.03.29
Died:	1933.03.27 (Penang, Malaysia † 72)

Titular Bishop of Æla (1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1907.12.10 – 1933.03.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil (古若望), M.E.P.
(1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Born:	1821.11.17 (Rudelle, France)
Ordained Priest:	1847.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.12.27
Died:	1907.01.10 (Yunnanfu, China † 85)

Titular Bishop of Tenedus (1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1881.07.29 – 1907.01.10)

Bishop Joseph Ponsot (袁若瑟), M.E.P.
(1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Born:	1803.05.03 (Vy-le-Ferroux, France)
Ordained Priest:	1829.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.06.11
Died:	1880.11.17 (Long-ki, China † 77)

Titular Bishop of Philomelium (1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1841.01.21 – 1880.11.17)

Fr. Philibert LeBlanc (卜于善), M.E.P.
(1696.10 – 1720.09.02)

Born:	1644.11.12 (France)
Died:	1720.09.02 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1696.10 – 1720.09.02)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1718.12.03 – 1720.09.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan 兩廣及雲南 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francisco Varo (萬濟國), O.P.
(1687.01.31 – 1687)

Born:	1627.10.04 (Spain)
Died:	1687 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Lydda (1687.01.25 – 1687 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Fujian 福建 (China) (1687.01.25 – 1687.01.31 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Guangdong-Guangxi-Yunnan 兩廣及雲南 (China) (1687.01.31 – 1687)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Fr. Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. (1932.04.26 – 1932.09.13)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier (田), M.E.P. (1895.03.30 – 1907.01)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph-Marie Chauveau (丁盛榮), M.E.P. (1846.03.27 – 1864.09.09)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P. (1739.10.02 – 1743.08.20)