Beihai diocese
| Beihai diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Canton |
| Diocesan bishop | Paolo Su Yongda |
| founding | 1920 |
| surface | 22,000 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Residents | 3,200,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics | 15,105 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 559 |
| Religious sisters | 72 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Victor |
The Beihai Diocese ( Latin : Dioecesis Pehaevensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Beihai in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the Apostolic Vicariate Westkwangtung and Hainan on August 1, 1920 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Guangzhou . On December 3, 1924, it took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Pakhoi.
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Westkwangtung and Hainan
- Auguste Gauthier MEP (June 1, 1921– December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Pakhoi
- Auguste Gauthier MEP (December 3, 1924– May 12, 1927)
- Gustave-Joseph Deswazières MEP (February 15, 1928 – November 1928)
- Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Michel-Louis Pénicaud MEP (December 16, 1929 – February 1940)
- Gustave-Joseph Deswazières MEP (November 27, 1940– April 11, 1946)
Bishop of Beihai
- Gustave-Joseph Deswazières MEP (April 11, 1946– February 22, 1959)
- Sedis vacancy (February 22, 1959 - September 22, 2018)
- Paolo Su Yongda (since September 22, 2018)