Congregatio Discipulorum Domini

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 is one of Catholic institutes to be established in Asia.

Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord

Congregatio Discipulorum Domini
Abbreviation	CDD
Formation	1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Founder	Celso Costantini, CDD
Headquarters	Xuanhua, Hebei, China
Affiliations	Catholic Church

Cardinal Costantini in his later days

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]