Anguo diocese
| Anguo diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Matthias Du Jiang |
| founding | April 11, 1946 |
| Parishes | 11 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 1,200,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 33,200 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 2.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,443 |
| Friars | 116 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 111 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Anguo ( lat. : Dioecesis Ngancuovensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Anguo .
history
The diocese of Anguo was on April 15, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ex hac sublimi from cessions of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Central Chi-Li and Southwest Chi-Li as Apostolic Prefecture Lixian . The Lixian Apostolic Prefecture was founded on July 13, 1929 by Pius XI. Elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Edocet Nos and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Anguo .
The Apostolic Vicariate Anguo was on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Beijing as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Lixian
- Melchior Sun Dezhen CM , 1924-1929
Vicars Apostolic of Anguo
- Melchior Sun Dezhen CM, 1929-1936
- John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi CM, 1937-1946
Bishops of Anguo
- John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi CM, 1946–1951
- Sedis vacancy , 1951-2010
- Matthias Du Jiang, since 2010
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Anguo on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 25, 2011.