Diocese of Hanzhong
| Diocese of Hanzhong | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Xi'an |
| Diocesan bishop | Louis Yu Runchen |
| founding | 1887 |
| Residents | 1.500.000 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Catholics | 19,060 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 578 |
| Religious sisters | 56 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Michael the Archangel |
| address | Catholic Mission Ankang, Shaanxi, China |
| Website | http://www.hzdiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Hanzhong ( Latin : Dioecesis Hanciomensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Hanzhong in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of South Shaanxi on August 2, 1887 out of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shaanxi . On March 2, 1933, it lost part of its territory to establish the Xing'anfu Apostolic Prefecture .
With the Apostolic Constitution Sinarum it was elevated to a diocese on April 11, 1946. In 1981, the secret bishop Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti was consecrated while Li Sheng-xue was the official bishop. Yu Chengde died on September 14, 2009 and was succeeded by Louis Yu Run-shen, who appears to have been recognized by the Holy See .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of South Shaanxi
- Gregorio Antonucci (1888-April 1895)
- Pio Giuseppe Passerini PIME (March 29, 1895 - April 24, 1918)
- Antonio Maria Capettini PIME (April 7, 1919 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Hanchung
- Antonio Maria Capettini PIME (December 3, 1924–1925)
- Lorenzo Balconi PIME (March 7, 1928-March 1934)
- Mario Civelli PIME (March 11, 1935 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Hanzhong
- Mario Civelli PIME (April 11, 1946 - July 18, 1946, then Bishop of Jixian )
- Giuseppe Maggi PIME (January 13, 1949 - August 17, 1963)
- Li Sheng-xue (1959 - January 20, 1984)
- Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti (1984-2003)
- Louis Yu Run-shen (since 1986)