Shantou diocese
| Shantou diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Canton |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Huang Bingzhang |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Peter Zhuang Jianjian |
| founding | 1914 |
| surface | 20,000 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 5,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 30,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 59 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 508 |
| Religious sisters | 15 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Joseph |
The Diocese of Shantou ( lat. : Dioecesis Scianteuvensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Shantou .
history
The Diocese of Shantou was established on April 6, 1914 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Guangdong as Apostolic Vicariate Kiaotsu . On August 18, 1915, the Apostolic Vicariate Kiaotsu was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Shantou .
The Apostolic Vicariate Shantou 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 Canton as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kiaotsu
- Adolphe Rayssac MEP , 1914-1915
Vicars Apostolic of Shantou
- Adolphe Rayssac MEP, 1915-1935
- Charles Vogel MEP, 1935-1946
Bishops of Shantou
- Charles Vogel MEP, 1946-1958
- John Cai Ti-Yuan. 1981-1997
- Peter Zhuang Jianjian , 2006-2018
- Joseph Huang Bingzhang , since 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Shantou diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 16, 2011.