Shaowu Apostolic Prefecture
| Shaowu Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Apostolic Prefect | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 7,881 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 300,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 5,112 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 4 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 222 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 5 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Apostolic Prefecture Shaowu ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Shaovuensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture based in Shaowu .
history
Shaowu Apostolic Prefecture was founded on July 18, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Concreditum Nobis from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Foochow as Mission sui juris Shaowu . The mission sui juris Shaowu was on May 21, 1938 by Pius XI. raised to the Apostolic Prefecture.
Ordinaries
Superiore from Shaowu
- Heribert Aloysius Theodor Winkler SDS , 1930–1938
Apostolic Prefect of Shaowu
- Inigo Maximilian König SDS, 1938–1964
- Sedis vacancy , since 1964