Xinjiang-Urumqi Apostolic Prefecture
| Xinjiang-Urumqi Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Apostolic Prefect | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1930 |
| surface | 1,660,001 km² |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang Urumqi ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Sinkiangensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture , based in Urumqi .
history
The Xinjiang-Urumqi Apostolic Prefecture was founded on February 14, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution Decet Romanum Pontificem from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Lanzhou as Mission sui juris Xinjiang-Ürümqi . The mission sui juris Xinjiang-Ürümqi was on May 21, 1938 by Pius XI. raised to the Apostolic Prefecture.
Ordinaries
Superiore of Xinjiang-Urumqi
- Ferdinand Loy SVD , 1931-1938
Apostolic Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi
- Ferdinand Loy SVD, 1938-1969
- Sedis vacancy , since 1969
See also
Web links
- Entry on Xinjiang-Ürümqi Apostolic Prefecture on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 16, 2011.