Archdiocese of Beijing

ARCHDIOCESE OF BEIJING (Archidioecesis Pechimensis)

Country : China
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1690 as Diocese of Peking
Reduced in 1826 to Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li
Renamed in 1924 to Apostolic Vicariate of Peking
Elevated in 1946 to Archdiocese of Beijing

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Arms of Bishops of Peking

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  Bernardino della Chiesa. (1690–1721)

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  Francisco da Purification (1725–1731)

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  Polycarpo de Sousa (1740–1757)

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  Giovanni Damase Salutti (1778–1781)

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  Alexandre de Gouvea (1782–1808)

Arms of Apostolic Vicars

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  Joaquim da Souza Saraiva(1808-1818)

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  Verissimo Monteiro da Serra (1818–1826)

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  Joseph-Martial Mouly (1846-1868)

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  Edmond-François Guierry (1868–1870)

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  Louis-Gabriel Delaplace (1870–1884)

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  François-Ferdinand Tagliabue (1884–1890)

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  Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou (1890–1899)

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  Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1899–1905)

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  Stanislas-François Jarlin (1905-1933)

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  Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne (1933–1946)

Arms of Archbishops

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  Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (1946-1967)

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  Matthias Pei Xiangde (1989-2001)

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  Joseph Li Shan (2007-present)

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