Diocese of Hualien
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taipei |
| Diocesan bishop | Philip Huang Chao-ming |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 8,144 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 553,919 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 56,567 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 10.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,316 |
| Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Mary Help (進 教 之 佑 主教 座 堂) |
| address | Bishop's House, 168 Chung-mei Rd., Minli Li, Hualien 970, Taiwan |
| Website | http://www.catholic.org.tw/hualien/ |
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The Diocese of Hualien ( Chinese 天主教花蓮教區 , Latin Dioecesis Hvalienensis ) is in the Republic of China (Taiwan) located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Hualien . It covers the eastern part of Taiwan and mainly consists of Hualien and Taidong counties .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Hwalien with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Regnum Christi on August 7, 1952 from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei .
On March 1, 1963 she was raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolica praefectura and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Taipei as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrator of Hualien
- André-Jean Vérineux M.EP (August 7, 1952 - July 25, 1973)
Bishops of Hualien
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (December 14, 1974 - November 15, 1978, then Archbishop of Taipei )
- Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ (November 15, 1979 - March 4, 1991, then Bishop of Kaohsiung )
- Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un (January 23, 1992 - November 19, 2001)
- Philip Huang Chao-ming (since November 19, 2001)
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Hualien on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry for the Diocese of Hualien on gcatholic.org (English)