Congregatio Discipulorum Domini Explained

Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
Native Name:	Congregatio Discipulorum Domini
Abbreviation:	CDD
Founder:	Celso Costantini, CDD
Headquarters:	Xuanhua, Hebei, China
Affiliations:	Catholic Church

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]}

External links

• 歡迎參觀 - Congregatio Discipulorum Domini official website in Chinese and English

Notes and References

1. Book: So . Francis K. H. . The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Birth, Growth and Development . Leung . Beatrice K. F. . Mylod . Ellen Mary . 2017-12-07 . Springer . 978-981-10-6665-8 . 71–84 . en.
2. Boland . Samuel J. . 2002 . The Redemptorists and the China Mission . Spicilegium Historicum Congregationis SSmi Redemptoris . 50 . 604.
3. Book: Tiedemann, R. G. . Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century . 2016-07-01 . Routledge . 978-1-315-49732-7 . 12 . en.
4. Book: Sinicizing Christianity . 2017-04-18 . BRILL . 978-90-04-33038-2 . 217 . en.