The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kunming (
Latin: Archidioecesis Coenmimensis;
Chinese: 天主教昆明總教區) is an
archdiocese located in the city of
Kunming, provincial capital of
Yunnan, southwestern China.
The government of the People's Republic of China installed Father
Kong Lingzhong as archbishop in 1962 and Father
Joseph Ma Yinglin as archbishop in 2006.[1] Neither government appointment is considered legitimate by the Vatican since they were not appointed by the
papacy.[1]
Map of Yunnan mission, prepared by
Adrien Launay [
fr], 1889.
Genealogy of
MEP ecclesiastical jurisdiction in
Szechwan, with its three attachments:
Tibet, Yunnan and
Kweichow.
The first Catholics in
Yunnan were refugees fleeing from the
Massacre of Sichuan [
zh] (
Szechwan) perpetrated by
Zhang Xianzhong in the 1640s. In 1658, a significant number of Catholics retreated to
Kunming with the
Yongli Emperor, whose family and court were converted to Catholicism by the German Jesuit
Andreas Xavier Koffler. After the emperor's death, most of the Catholics settled in Kunming.[2]
^"明清時代的珠江文化——第四節 明清珠江流域的宗教文化(2)" [Culture along the Pearl River during the Ming and Qing era: Its Religious Culture (part 2)]. hk.crntt.com (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved November 7, 2023.