Xingtai Diocese
| Xingtai Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 4,872 km² |
| Residents | 1,150,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 21,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 1.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 4 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 808 |
| Religious sisters | 38 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| Website | http://www.ccxtd.cn/Index.htm |
The Diocese of Xingtai ( Latin : Dioecesis Scioenteanus ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Xingtai in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Shunteh in 1933 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Zhengdingfu . On January 13, 1944, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. Bishop Hou Jinde, who died in 1994, is the namesake of the first Catholic non-profit organization, Beifang Jinde , which was recognized by the Chinese government.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Shunteh
- Ignacy Krause CM (October 26, 1933– January 13, 1944)
Vicar Apostolic of Shunteh
- Ignacy Krause CM (January 13, 1944 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Xingtai
- Ignacy Krause CM (April 11, 1946–1983)
- Michael Xiao Liren (1982-1996)
- Joseph Hou Jin-de (1989-1994)