Diocese of Macao (historical jurisdictional changes)

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Latin Church jurisdiction Roman Catholic diocese

The Diocese of Macao is a historic Roman Catholic jurisdiction in East Asia that played a key role in missionary activity and ecclesiastical administration across China and neighboring regions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Diocese of Macao	0

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Church jurisdiction ⓘ Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
currentTerritory	Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province of Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedAsDiocese	23 January 1576 ⓘ
establishedBy	Pope Gregory XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalImportance	one of the earliest permanent Latin dioceses in East Asia ⓘ served as canonical point of reference for mission territories before erection of local hierarchies ⓘ
historicalJurisdictionalConflictWith	Propaganda Fide missions in China NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative hub for missions in neighboring regions ⓘ coordination center for Catholic missions in China ⓘ gateway for European missionaries to China and Japan ⓘ missionary base for East Asia ⓘ
historicalSubordination	initially subject to the Padroado system of the Portuguese Crown ⓘ
jurisdictionalStatus20thCentury	territory effectively limited to the civil territory of Macau ⓘ
locatedIn	Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo	Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Cochinchina NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Huguang NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Shaanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Shanxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Chi-Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Vicariate of Zhejiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Funai NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Archdiocese of Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMetropolitanSee	Archdiocese of Goa GENERATED ⓘ
originalStatus	suffragan of the Archdiocese of Goa ⓘ
papalBullOfErection	Super specula militantis Ecclesiae NERFINISHED ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantTerritorialChange	loss of jurisdiction over most of China as separate vicariates were erected in the 17th–19th centuries ⓘ restriction of jurisdiction largely to the Macau enclave by the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialReductionProcess	gradual creation of local dioceses and apostolic vicariates in East Asia ⓘ
territoryOriginallyIncluded	Cochinchina NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ large parts of China ⓘ parts of the Philippines not yet under Manila ⓘ the Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman → mergedWith → Diocese of Macao (historical jurisdictional changes) ⓘ