Diocese of Hong Kong
| Diocese of Hong Kong | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Canton |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | John Cardinal Tong Hon |
| Auxiliary bishop | Joseph Ha Chi-shing OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun SDB John Cardinal Tong Hon |
| founding | 1841 |
| surface | 1,102 km² |
| Parishes | 51 (2013) |
| Residents | 7,184,000 (2013) |
| Catholics | 374,000 (2013) |
| proportion of | 5.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 (2013) |
| Religious priest | 233 (2013) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,243 |
| Friars | 69 (2013) |
| Religious sisters | 491 (2013) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Cantonese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | www.catholic.org.hk |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong ( lat. : Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis , Chinese 天主教香港教區 ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic Diocese and includes the former crown colony Hong Kong .
history
The diocese was on April 22, 1841 by Gregory XVI. Founded as the Apostolic Prefecture Hong Kong from the Diocese of Macau , changed its name to Apostolic Vicariate Hong Kong in 1874 , before it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
Besides Macau, Hong Kong is the only diocese in China in which the Catholic Church can operate freely; therefore his bishop occupies a special position in the Chinese church and is usually a cardinal. Contrary to rumors to the contrary, not all other Chinese dioceses are vacant.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Hong Kong
- Theodor Joset , 1841-1842
- Antonio Feliciani, OFM , 1850-1855
- Luigi Ambrosi , 1855-1867
- Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi PIME , 1868–1874
Vicars Apostolic of Hong Kong
- Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi PIME , 1874-1894
- Louis Piazzoli PIME, 1895-1904
- Domenico Pozzoni PIME, 1905-1924
- Enrico Pascal Valtorla PIME, 1926-1946
Bishops of Hong Kong
- Enrico Pascal Valtorla PIME, 1946-1951
- Lorenzo Bianchi PIME, 1951-1968
- Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping , 1969–1973
- Peter Wang Kei Lei , 1973–1974
- John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung , 1974–2002
- Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun SDB , 2002–2009
- John Cardinal Tong Hon , 2009-2017
- Michael Yeung Ming-cheung , 2017–2019
- Sedi vacancy , Apostolic Administrator John Tong Hon, since 2019
See also
- Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association
- Roman Catholic Church in China
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pope makes surprising personnel decision for Hong Kong. kath, net, January 8, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .