Congregatio Discipulorum Domini

Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
Congregatio Discipulorum Domini
AbbreviationCDD
Formation1928; 96 years ago (1928)
FounderCelso Costantini, CDD
HeadquartersXuanhua, Hebei, China
AffiliationsCatholic Church
Cardinal Costantini in his later days

The Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord (also known as Congregatio Discipulorum Domini in Latin) is a Catholic religious institute founded by future Cardinal Celso Costantini, an Italian, in 1928 at Xuanhua (Süanhwafu) of Hebei Province in China,[1] with the help of the Spanish Redemptorist missionaries.[2] It was the only Catholic institute to be established in Asia.

The Congregation has been based in Taiwan since 1949 after Joseph Yang and other religious members fled; the congregation fell under the direction of Archbishop Joseph Guo Jincai.[3][4]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Boland, Samuel J. (2002). "The Redemptorists and the China Mission" (PDF). Spicilegium Historicum Congregationis SSmi Redemptoris (50): 604.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sinicizing Christianity. BRILL. 2017-04-18. p. 217. ISBN 978-90-04-33038-2.