Baoding diocese
| Baoding diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop |
James Su Zhimin (underground bishop )
Francis An Shuxin (Counter Bishop ) |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 78,601 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 3.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,156 |
| Religious sisters | 59 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Peter and Paul |
| Website | http://www.bdcatholic.org/ |
The diocese of Baoding ( lat. : Dioecesis Paotimensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Baoding .
history
The diocese of Baoding was established on February 14, 1910 by Pope Pius X. with the Apostolic Constitution Nobis in sublimi from the cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate North Chi-li as Apostolic Vicariate Central Chi-Li . The Apostolic Vicariate Central Chi-Li gave on April 15, 1924 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Lixian . On December 3, 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate Central Chi-Li was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Baoding . The Apostolic Vicariate of Baoding gave up parts of its territory on May 25, 1929 to establish the Mission sui juris Yixian .
The Apostolic Vicariate Baoding 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
Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li
- Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues CM , 1910–1923, then coadjutor vicar of Nord Chi-Li
Vicars Apostolic of Baoding
- Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne CM, 1924–1930, then coadjutor vicar of Beijing
- Joseph Zhou Jishi CM, 1931-1946
Bishops of Baoding
- Joseph Zhou Jishi CM, 1946, then Archbishop of Nanchang
- Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan , 1951–1992
- Sedisvakanz , 1992-1994
- James Su Zhimin, since 1994
- Francis An Shuxin , subsequently recognized in ordination by Pope Francis since September 22, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry on Baoding Diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 25, 2011.