Diocese of Fengxiang
| Diocese of Fengxiang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Xi'an |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Li Huiyuan |
| founding | 1932 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 1,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 8,504 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 283 |
| Friars | 22 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Joseph |
| Website | http://www.fxjq.org/ |
The Diocese of Fengxiang ( lat. : Dioecesis Fomsiamensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Fengxiang .
history
The Diocese of Fengxiang was on November 15, 1932 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ex Apostolico munere from cessions of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Xi'an as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fengxiang . The Fengxiang Apostolic Prefecture was founded on June 9, 1942 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
The Apostolic Vicariate Fengxiang was on April 11, 1946 by Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Xi'an as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Fengxiang
- Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan OFM , 1933–1942
Vicars Apostolic of Fengxiang
- Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan OFM, 1942–1946
Bishops of Fengxiang
- Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan OFM, 1946–1949
- Anthony Chow Wei-tao, OFM, 1950-1979
- Sedis vacancy , 1979 - 2018
- Peter Li Huiyuan , recognized by the Vatican from September 22, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Fengxiang on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 9, 2011.