Kaohsiung Diocese
| Kaohsiung Diocese | |
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taipei |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Liu Cheng-chung |
| founding | July 19, 1913 |
| surface | 5,723 km² |
| Parishes | 59 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,736,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 39,190 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1 % |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 496 |
| Friars | 78 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 106 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
| Website | www.catholic.org.tw |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung ( lat. : Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis , Ch. : 天主教高雄教區 ) is in the Republic of China (Taiwan) located Roman Catholic diocese based in Kaohsiung .
history
The diocese of Kaohsiung was established on July 13, 1913 by Pope Pius X as the Apostolic Prefecture of Formosa . The Apostolic Prefecture Formosa was in on December 30, 1949 Apostolic Prefecture Kaohsiung renamed.
On March 21, 1961, the Apostolic Prefecture Kaohsiung was by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam secundum raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Taipei as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Formosa
- Clemente Fernández OP , 1913-1921
- Thomas de la Hoz OP, 1921-1941
- Joseph Arregui y Yparaguirre OP, 1948-1949
Apostolic Prefect of Kaohsiung
- Joseph Arregui y Yparaguirre OP, 1949–1961
Bishops of Kaohsiung
- Joseph Cheng Tien-Siang OP, 1961–1990
- Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ , 1991-2006
- Peter Liu Cheng-chung , since 2006
See also
Web links
Commons : Kaohsiung Diocese Church Building - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Kaohsiung (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kaohsiung on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)