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)