The see city’s name is also spelled Nanking and Nan-Ching; it is the capital of China’s Jiangsu Province, and is the former capital of all of China. The first Catholic mission was established by Matteo Ricci, 1599. It became a vicariate Apostolic, l668, and a diocese in 1690, in the appointment of the King of Portugal . The diocese was suppressed in 1856. A new Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangnan was created on 21 January 1856 and confided to French Jesuits; it comprised the civil province of Kiangsu; residence, Shanghai. The name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kiangsu on 8 August 1921. The name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking on 1 May 1922. Elevated to the archdiocese of Nanjing on 11 April 1946. Jesuits control: <\/p>\n
Aurora University, Shanghai <\/p>\n
Saint Ignatius College, Zikawei <\/p>\n
Little Seminary, Zikawei <\/p>\n
Theological Seminary, Zikawei <\/p>\n
The Marist Brothers conduct <\/p>\n
Saint Francis Xavier’s College <\/p>\n
College of Joan of Arc, Shanghai <\/p>\n
The Daughters of Charity maintain <\/p>\n
Saint Mary’s Hospital, Shanghai <\/p>\n
Saint Joseph’s Civil Hospital, Shanhai <\/p>\n
The Helpers of the Holy Souls have boarding and day schools in Shanghai; an Apostolic school, Christian, and pagan boarding schools at Zikawei. <\/p>\n
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary have charge of the General Hospital, Shanghai; the European Hospital; and a Chinese dispensary. <\/p>\n
The Carmelites work from Tousewe. <\/p>\n
The Little Sisters of the Poor, at Tungkadou maintain a home for old men. <\/p>\n
Presentandines sisters run native schools. <\/p>\n
The Little Brothers of Mary have a college of secondary studies for Europeans, Nanking. See also, <\/p>\n
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org <\/p>\n
New Catholic Dictionary<\/p>\n
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