Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding

History

• Established on March 27, 1846 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa 拉薩, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Szechwan 四川
• Renamed on July 28, 1868 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet 西藏
• Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Dajianlu 打箭爐
• Lost territory on 15 December 1929 to establish the then Mission sui iuris of Sikkim
• Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Kangding 康定

  Ordinaries

• Ignazio Persico, Capuchin Franciscans , Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis ; later Bishop of Savannah , Titular Bishop of Bolina & Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo , succeeded as Bishop of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo, then Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli, Prefect of the Roman Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics
• Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, Paris Foreign Missions Society , Titular Bishop of Synopolis

• Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis, formerly Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Yunnan 雲南
• Félix Biet, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Diana
• Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Daphnusia, succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏

• Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P.
• Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria, succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Dajianlu 打箭爐

• Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P.
• indefinite vacancy