Diocese of Luoyang
| Diocese of Luoyang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaifeng |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus coadjutor | Placido Rei Ronggui |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 3,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 10.122 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 307 |
| Religious sisters | 25 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Mother of God |
The Diocese of Luoyang ( Latin : Dioecesis Loiamensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Luoyang in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded with the Brief Nobis ex alto the Apostolic Prefecture of Loyang on 25 May 1929. annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou . The mission was entrusted to the Xaverian missionaries from Parma . On January 28, 1935, she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the Bull Succrescente in this .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. On September 10, 1987, the secret bishop Pierre Li Hongye was consecrated, who died on Easter vigil on April 23, 2011. In 2011 the diocese had around 10,000 believers, thirty priests and more than 50 religious.
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Apostolic Prefect of Loyang
- Assuero Teogano Bassi SX (January 9, 1930 - January 28, 1935)
Vicar Apostolic of Loyang
- Assuero Teogano Bassi SX (January 28, 1935 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Luoyang
- Assuero Teogano Bassi SX (April 11, 1946 - November 8, 1970)
- Pierre Li Hongye (September 10, 1987 - April 23, 2011)