Diocese of Macao (historical jurisdictional changes)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church jurisdiction ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
country China ⓘ
currentTerritory Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: Macau
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Guangzhou ⓘ
establishedAsDiocese 23 January 1576 ⓘ
establishedBy Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Cochinchina ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Hong Kong ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Huguang ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Japan ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangnan ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Korea ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Shaanxi ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Shanxi ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Siam ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Sichuan ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Chi-Li ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Tonkin ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Xinjiang ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate of Zhejiang ⓘ
Diocese of Beijing ⓘ
Diocese of Funai ⓘ
Diocese of Malacca ⓘ
Diocese of Manila ⓘ
Diocese of Nanjing ⓘ
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Guangzhou ⓘ
originalMetropolitanSee Archdiocese of Goa ⓘ
originalStatus suffragan of the Archdiocese of Goa ⓘ
papalBullOfErection Super specula militantis Ecclesiae ⓘ
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
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 ⓘ
territorialReductionProcess gradual creation of local dioceses and apostolic vicariates in East Asia ⓘ
territoryOriginallyIncluded Cochinchina ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Malacca ⓘ
Siam ⓘ
Tonkin ⓘ
large parts of China ⓘ
parts of the Philippines not yet under Manila ⓘ
the Malay Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Malay Peninsula

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