Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang#History

File:Généalogie des juridictions MEP au Sichuan avec ses rattachements.png ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Szechwan, with its three attachments: Tibet, Yunnan and Kweichow.]]

On April 24, 1690, at the time of the creation of the bishoprics of Beijing and Nanjing by Pope Alexander VIII, Guizhou came under the authority of the latter. During a new division on October 15, 1696, Guizhou became an apostolic vicariate in its own right.{{sfn|Launay|1907|p=7}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ucanews.com/directory/dioceses/china-guiyang/198 |title=Archdiocese of Guiyang |author= |date= |website=ucanews.com |access-date=November 6, 2023}} However, in 1715, the then Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, Claude de Visdelou, saw clearly that he was absolutely unable to take charge of the province, and handed over the Mission of Guizhou to {{ill|Johannes Müllener|ru|Мюлленер, Йоханнес}}, Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan.{{sfn|Launay|1907|p=13}} The Vicariate of Kweichow had not been re-erected until March 27, 1846.

Guizhou was evangelized by missionaries from Sichuan (Szechwan) during the 18th and 19th centuries. At that time, the Catholic Church in Sichuan produced a number of itinerant catechists (i.e. local missionaries) thanks to a well-organized training system.{{cite magazine |last=Jeanne |first=Pierre |translator-last1=Le Blanc |translator-first1=T. |translator-last2=Barry |translator-first2=P. |date=1983 |title=The Early Church of Sichuan Province: A Study of Conditions Leading to the Synod of 1803 |url=https://hsstudyc.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/T015_11.pdf |magazine=Tripod |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Holy Spirit Study Centre |volume=3 |issue=15 |pages=60–61 |access-date=March 12, 2024}} Since 1774, evangelization was carried out by Jean-Martin Moye, provicar of Eastern Szechwan (future Archdiocese of Chongqing), and a Sichuanese missionary, Benoît Sen.{{cite web |url=http://hk.crntt.com/crn-webapp/cbspub/secDetail.jsp?bookid=36485&secid=36506 |title=明清時代的珠江文化——第四節　明清珠江流域的宗教文化（2） |trans-title=Culture along the Pearl River during the Ming and Qing era: Its Religious Culture (part 2) |author= |date= |website=hk.crntt.com |language=zh-hant |access-date=November 6, 2023}} In 1798, Lawrence Hu Shï-lu, also a missionary from Sichuan, built a small church in Guiyang (Kweyang; {{lang|fr|Kouy-yang-fou}}) for the Catholic community of about 100 people, which later became St. Joseph's Cathedral.{{cite book |editor=Guiyang Local Records Compilation Committee |date=2005 |title=贵阳市云岩区志 |trans-title=Annals of Yunyan District of Guiyang |language=zh-hans |location=Guiyang |publisher=Guizhou People's Press |page=1215 |isbn=9787221071521}}

On December 3, 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow was renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Kweyang, and on April 11, 1946, it was elevated to the rank of archdiocese.

; Vicars Apostolic of Kweichow

• {{ill|Carlo Giovanni Turcotti|no}}, S.J. (1696 – October 15, 1706)
• Claude de Visdelou, S.J. (January 12, 1708 – November 11, 1737)
• Suppressed, remained dependent upon the Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan (1715–1846)
• {{ill|Étienne-Raymond Albrand|zh|白斯德望}}, M.E.P. (August 13, 1846 – April 22, 1853)
• {{ill|Louis-Simon Faurie|zh|胡縛理}}, M.E.P. (1853 – June 21, 1871)
• {{ill|François-Eugène Lions|zh|李萬美}}, M.E.P. (December 22, 1871 – April 24, 1893)
• {{ill|François-Lazare Seguin|zh|施恩 (主教)}}, M.E.P. (October 21, 1913 – December 3, 1924)

; Vicars Apostolic of Kweyang

• François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. (December 3, 1924 – September 11, 1942)
• {{ill|Jean Larrart|fr}}, M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (September 13, 1942 – April 11, 1946)

; Archbishop of Kweyang

• Jean Larrart, M.E.P. (April 11, 1946 – July 14, 1966)

; Archbishops of Guiyang

• Uncanonical, i.e. without papal mandate: {{ill|Chen Yuancai|zh|陳原才}} (June 15, 1958 – July 24, 1977)
• Sede vacante (1966–1987)
• Underground bishop: Augustine Hu Daguo (1987–1997)
• Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi (December 4, 1988 – September 8, 2014)
• Paul Xiao Zejiang (September 8, 2014 –)

• Nanlong

• Christianity in Guizhou
• Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kunming

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |last=Launay |first=Adrien |date=1907 |title=Mission du Kouy-tcheou, tome premier |url=https://archive.org/details/pts_histoiredesmissi_3720-1133_v1 |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=Société des Missions-Étrangères}}

• {{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kwey0.htm |title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang |author= |date= |website=gcatholic.org |access-date=November 6, 2023}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkwey.html |title=Archdiocese of Guiyang [Kweyang] |author= |date= |website=catholic-hierarchy.org |access-date=November 6, 2023}}

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