Shangqiu diocese
| Shangqiu diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaifeng |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1928 |
| surface | 8,000 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,000,000 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics | 9,973 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Religious priest | 14 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 712 |
| Religious sisters | 17 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
The Diocese of Shangqiu ( Latin : Dioecesis Coeitevensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Shangqiu in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the apostolic prefecture Kweiteh with the Breve Quae catholico on June 19, 1928 from cessions of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Kaifeng . On May 18, 1937, she was raised to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. In 1991 the secret bishop Monsignor Nicolas Shi Jingxian was consecrated, who agreed in 1999 to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association .
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Apostolic Prefect of Kweiteh
- Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate OAR (January 8, 1929 - May 18, 1937)
Apostolic Vicar of Kweiteh
- Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate OAR (May 18, 1937 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Shangqiu
- Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate OAR (April 11, 1946 - December 11, 1947)
- Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario OAR (November 10, 1949 - November 21, 1970)
- Nicholas Shi Jin Xian OAR (1991-2009)