Diocese of Laohekou
| Diocese of Laohekou | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hankow |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1870 |
| surface | 30,000 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,500,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 20,445 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 757 |
| Friars | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Diocese of Laohekou ( latin : Dioecesis Laohocheuvensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Laohekou .
history
The diocese of Laohekou was established on September 2, 1870 as a result of the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Hubei into the Apostolic Vicariates Northwest Hubei , Southwest Hubei and East Hubei. The Apostolic Vicariate Northwest Hubei was renamed on December 3, 1924 in Apostolic Vicariate Laohekou . On May 25, 1936, the Vicariate Apostolic Laohekou gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang .
The Apostolic Vicariate Laohekou was on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Hankow as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Northwest Hubei
- Pascal Bili OFM , 1876-1878
- Ezechias Banci OFM, 1879-1903
- Fabiano Francesco Landi, OFM, 1904-1920
- Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci OFM, 1922-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Laohekou
- Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci OFM, 1924–1930
- Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni OFM, 1932-1946
Bishops of Laohekou
- Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni OFM, 1946–1966
- Sedis vacancy , since 1966
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Laohekou on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 4, 2011.