Diocese of Chiayi
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taipei |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 7th August 1952 |
| surface | 3,253 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,522,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 8,395 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 262 |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. John's Cathedral (聖 若望 主教 座 堂) |
| address | Bishop's House, 502 Taya Road sect. 2, Chiayi 600, Taiwan |
| Website | http://www.chiayicath.org.tw |
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The diocese of Chiayi , sometimes diocese Kiayi ( Chinese 天主教嘉義教區 , Latin Dioecesis Kiayiensis ) is in the Republic of China (Taiwan) located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Chiayi . It is located in the western part of Taiwan and includes Chiayi City and Chiayi and Yunlin Counties .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Chiayi with the Apostolic Constitution Ne nimia Missionum on August 7, 1952 from cession of the Apostolic Prefecture Kaohsiung .
On April 16, 1962 she was raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Apostolica and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Taipei as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Chiayi
- Thomas Niu Hui-qing (Apostolic Administrator 1952–1969)
- Paul Cheng Shi-guang ( Apostolic Administrator 1969–1970)
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (1970–1974, then Bishop of Hualien )
- Joseph Ti-kang (1975–1985, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Taipei)
- Joseph Lin Thien-chu (1985-1994)
- Peter Liu Cheng-chung (1994-2004, then Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung )
- John Hung SVD (2006-2007, then Archbishop of Taipei)
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Thomas Chung An-zu (2008-2020, then Archbishop of Taipei)
- Sedis vacancy since May 23, 2020
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Chiayi on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Chiayi on gcatholic.org (English)