Diocese of Nanyang
| Diocese of Nanyang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaifeng |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Jin Lugang |
| founding | 1844 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 4,025,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 22,807 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 671 |
| Friars | 26 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Nanyang ( lat. : Dioecesis Naniamensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Nanyang .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Vicariate South Honan on August 28, 1882 from the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Honan into North Honan and South Honan . On September 21, 1916 the Apostolic Vicariate of South Honan gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of East Honan . The Apostolic Vicariate of South Honan was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyang on December 3, 1924 . On March 2, 1933, the Vicariate Apostolic Nanyang gave parts of its territory from the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Zhumadian .
The Apostolic Vicariate Nanyang 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 Kaifeng as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of South Henan
- Stefano Scarella PIME , 1882–1884, then Vicar Apostolic of North Henan
- Simeone Volonteri PIME, 1882-1904
- Angelo Cattaneo PIME, 1905-1910
- Noè Giuseppe Tacconi PIME, 1911–1916, then Vicar Apostolic of East Henan
- Flaminio Belotti PIME, 1917-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Nanyang
- Flaminio Belotti PIME, 1924-1938
- Pietro Massa PIME, 1938-1946
Bishops of Nanyang
- Pietro Massa PIME, 1946-1978
- Sedis vacancy , 1978 - 2007
- Peter Jin Lugang, coadjutor since 2007
- Joseph Zhu Baoyu , since January 31, 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Nanyang on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 3, 2011.