Roman Catholic diocese in China
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
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.
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Further reading
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