Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong 林東, China 🇨🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Prefecture

Name: Lindong 林東 (中文) / Lintung / Líndōng 林东 (简体中文) / Lintungen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Jining 集寧 (←), Siping 四平 (→), Rehe 熱河 (↘), Chifeng 赤峰 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Chifeng 赤峰 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1937.05.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong 林東 (中文) / Lintung / Líndōng 林东 (简体中文) / Lintungen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Sipingjie 四平街)

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic (2004 – ...):	Bishop Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (62)
Prefect Apostolic (2010 – ...▼):	Bishop Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (62)

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (62)
(2010 – ...▼)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) ▼
Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China)

Tu Domine qui corda nosti omnium ostende / 主你洞察人心，請指示

Born:	1963.11.20 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.07 (clandestinely)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (2004 – ...)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (2010 – ...▼)

Bishop Matthias Du Jiang (杜江) (62)
(2004 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zheng-ji (郭正基) ▼
(1990 – 2004.05.03▼)

Quod Dei Deo

Born:	1914.04.15 (Dengkou, China)
Ordained Priest:	1942.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.10.28 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2004.05.03 (Yinchuan, China † 90)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (1990 – 2004.05.03▼)

Fr. Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E. (later Bishop)
(1946.11.28 – 1956.11.11)

Tu es spes mea

Born:	1914.10.25 (Saint-Eustache, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.01.06
Died:	2005.11.13 (Laval, QC, Canada † 91)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (1946.11.28 – 1956.11.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa (Peru) (1956.11.11 – 1989.10.23)

Titular Bishop of Ammædara (1956.11.11 – 2005.11.13)

Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E.
(1939.03.31 – 1943.07.29)

Tu es spes mea

Born:	1901.07.12 (Joliette, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.09
Died:	1943.07.29 (Szepingkai, 吉林, China † 42)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (1939.03.31 – 1943.07.29)

Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德), P.M.E.
(1937.07.23 – 1938)

Born:	1896.05.30 (Saint-Ferdinand, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1920.05.29
Died:	1964.07.21 († 68)

Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China) (1937.07.23 – 1938)

Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)