Jingxian Bishopric
| Jingxian Bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Feng Xin-mao |
| founding | 1939 |
| surface | 9,500 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,500,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 32,645 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 36 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 640 |
| Friars | 12 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Xidianzi Cathedral of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary |
| Website | http://www.obenianzhu.ccoo.cn/ |
The Diocese of Jingxian ( Latin : Dioecesis Chimsciensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Jingxian in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Kinghsien with the Breve Ad uberiores on April 24, 1939 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Xianxian .
She was raised to a diocese on January 9, 1947. The only bishop of the diocese was Leopoldo Brellinger . After the Cultural Revolution , it appears that the government moved the bishopric to Hengshui .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kinghsia
- Leopoldo Brellinger S.J. (May 4, 1939 - January 9, 1947)
Bishops of Jingxian
- Leopoldo Brellinger SJ (January 9, 1947 - September 18, 1967)
- Peter Fan Wen-xing (1981–1999)
- Matthias Chen Xi-lu (1999-2004)
- Peter Feng Xin-mao (since January 1, 2008 as a member of the People's Church , since September 22, 2018 also as a diocesan bishop recognized by the Vatican)