Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang

The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Yueyang, Hunan province, central China.

It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province), and on its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

No statistics available. It borders on its mother diocese Changde and Roman Catholic Diocese of Puqi 蒲圻, on the archdioceses of Nanchang 南昌 and Changsha 長沙 and on the Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 澧縣.

It is vacant, under an Apostolic administrator since 2012.

History

Established on 7 May 1931 as Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang 岳陽 (中文) / Yuezhou 岳州 (中文) / Yochow / Yochoven(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Changde (常德, now a diocese).[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

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Apostolic Prefects of Lixian 澧縣

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