Hengyang diocese
| Hengyang diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Changsha Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1930 |
| surface | 30,000 km² |
| Residents | 3,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 12,085 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 525 |
| Friars | 3 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese Hengyang ( lat. : Dioecesis Hemceuvensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Hengyang .
history
The Diocese of Hengyang was founded on July 23, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ex hac from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Changsha as Apostolic Vicariate Hengyang .
The Apostolic Vicariate Hengyang 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 Changsha as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Hengyang
- Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, OFM , 1930-1946
Bishops of Hengyang
- Raffaele Angelo Palazzi OFM, 1946–1951
- Joseph Wan Tsu-Chang OFM, 1952–1961
- Sedis vacancy , since 1961
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Hengyang on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 17, 2011.