Shuozhou diocese
| Shuozhou diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taiyuan |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Ma Cun-guo |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Residents | 1,300,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics | 11,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 393 |
| Religious sisters | 10 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Q17499003 |
The Shuozhou diocese ( lat . : Dioecesis Scioceuvensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Shuozhou in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded with the Breve Cum Nobis the Apostolic Prefecture Shohchow on July 12, 1926 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Taiyüanfu . On June 17, 1932, she was raised to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
On July 8, 1990, the official Bishop Bonaventure Luo Juan was consecrated. On February 8, 2004, the eighty-year-old bishop consecrated Auxiliary Bishop Paul Ma Cun-guo without the approval of the Chinese authorities . This happened in the absence of two co-consecrators that for a valid ordination by canon law are necessary. Monsignor Juan Luo died on March 15, 2007.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Shohchow
- Edgar Anton Häring OFM (July 15, 1927 - June 17, 1932)
Vicar Apostolic of Shohchow
- Edgar Anton Häring OFM (June 17, 1932 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Shuozhou
- Edgar Anton Häring OFM (April 11, 1946– July 25, 1971)
- John Xia Xue-qian ( 1962-1978 )
- Bonaventure Luo Juan (1990-2007)
- Paul Ma Cun-guo (since March 15, 2007)