Yixian Apostolic Prefecture
| Yixian Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Apostolic Prefect | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1931 |
| surface | 7,900 km² |
| Residents | 800,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 6,375 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,063 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Yihsienensis ; Chinese 天主教易县监牧区 , Pinyin Tiānzhǔ Jiao Yi Xiàn Jiānmǔqū ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture , located in the district of Yi .
history
The Yixian Apostolic Prefecture ( Yixian means "Yi District") was founded on May 6, 1931 by Pope Pius XI. Established as a mission sui juris Yixian from the assignments of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Beijing and Baoding . The mission sui juris Yixian was founded on January 8, 1938 by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Si in enascenti raised to the Apostolic Prefecture.
Ordinaries
Superiore from Yixian
- Tarcisio Martina CSS , 1929-1935
Apostolic Prefect of Yixian
- Tarcisio Martina CSS, 1935–1961
- Sedisvakanz , 1961–1986
- Peter Liu Guandong , 1989-1995
- Cosmas Shi Enxiang , 1995-2015
See also
Web links
- Entry on Yixian Apostolic Prefecture on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 16, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Si in enascenti , AAS 28 (1936), n.7, pp. 225f.
- ↑ Remembering Mgr Peter Liu Guandong, "standard-bearer" of the underground Church , asianews.it, August 11, 2013
- ↑ Chinese underground bishop died in custody at 94 , kath.net, February 3, 2015