Diocese of Lishui
| Diocese of Lishui | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hangzhou |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Shao Zhumin |
| founding | 1931 |
| surface | 23,484 km² |
| Parishes | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 3,309,300 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 4,286 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 330 |
| Religious sisters | 9 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Lishui ( lat . : Dioecesis Liscioeivensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Lishui in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded with the Breve Ut ea praestemus the Apostolic Prefecture Chuchow on July 2, 1931 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Ningpo . It was assigned as a mission area by Propaganda Fide of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society of Canada . She adopted the name on May 18, 1937, and ten days later was elevated to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic . With the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicam in Sinis , it was elevated to a diocese on May 13, 1948.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Chuchow / Lishui
- William Cecil McGrath SFM (March 4, 1932 - May 28, 1937)
Vicar Apostolic of Lishui
- William Cecil McGrath SFM (May 28, 1937–1941, resigned)
Bishops of Lishui
- Kenneth Roderick Turner SFM (May 13, 1948 - October 31, 1983, died)
See also
literature
- William Cecil McGrath: The dragon at close range . St. Francis Xavier Seminary, Scarboro Bluffs / ABC Press, Shanghai 1938.
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Lishui on Giga-Catholic (English)
Footnotes
- ^ Art. Scarboro Foreign Mission Society . In: Gary Tiedemann: Reference guide to Christian missionary societies in China. From the 16th to the 20th centuries . ME Sharpe, Armonk 2009, ISBN 978-0-7656-1808-5 , pp. 39-40, here p. 39.