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Congregatio Discipulorum Domini

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Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
Congregatio Discipulorum Domini (Ecclesiastical Latin)
主徒會 (Traditional Chinese)
AbbreviationCDD
Formation1928; 98 years ago (1928)
FounderCelso Costantini, CDD
HeadquartersXuanhua, Hebei, China
Superior-general
John Chia CDD[1]
AffiliationsCatholic Church
Cardinal Costantini in his later days

The Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (Ecclesiastical Latin: Congregatio Discipulorum Domini; Traditional Chinese: 主徒會) is a Catholic religious institute founded by the Italian archbishop and future cardinal Celso Costantini in 1928 at Xuanhua (Süanhwafu) of Hebei Province in China,[2] with the help of the Spanish Redemptorist missionaries.[3] It is one of the first Catholic institutes to be established in Asia.

In 1949, following the Chinese civil war, the congregation was expelled and has since been based in Taiwan.[4]

List of superiors-general

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The CDD elected its first superior-general in 1933:[1]

  1. John Chia (謝啟龍) (4 Jan 2011 - )
  2. Francis Chong (張少麟) (27 Jan 2017 – 4 Jan 2024)
  3. John Chia (謝啟龍) (25 Jan 2011 – 27 Jan 2017)
  4. Stephen Ng (黃進龍) (25 Jan 1999 – 24 Jan 2011)
  5. John C. Liu (劉嘉祥) (21 Nov 1988 – 25 Jan 1999)
  6. John Baptist Chai (翟德馨) (1980 – 21 Nov 1988)
  7. Matthew Pian (邊彤麟) (1974 – 1980)
  8. Augustine Wang (王臣瑞) (16 Feb 1966 – 1974)
  9. Joseph Yang (楊紹南) (1963 – 1966)
  10. Joseph Kuo Joshih (郭若石), Archbishop of Taipei (1954 – 1962)
  11. Joseph Yang (楊紹南) (25 Jan 1948 – 1954)
  12. Joseph Kuo Joshih (郭若石), later archbishop (Jun 1937 – 25 Jan 1948)
  13. Joseph Ma (馬光伯) (Jan 1937 – Jun 1937)
  14. John Baptist Wu (吳耀漢) (Jul 1933 – Jan 1937)

References

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  1. 1 2 "Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (C.D.D.)". Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  2. ↑ So, Francis K. H.; Leung, Beatrice K. F.; Mylod, Ellen Mary (2017-12-07). The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Birth, Growth and Development. Springer. pp. 71–84. ISBN 978-981-10-6665-8.
  3. ↑ Boland, Samuel J. (2002). "The Redemptorists and the China Mission" (PDF). Spicilegium Historicum Congregationis SSmi Redemptoris (50): 604.
  4. ↑ Tiedemann, R. G. (2016-07-01). Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-315-49732-7.
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