Xinyang diocese
| Xinyang diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaifeng |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1927 |
| surface | 30,000 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Residents | 6,000,000 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Catholics | 13,654 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 31 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 402 |
| Friars | 12 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Diocese of Xinyang ( Latin : Dioecesis Siniamensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Xinyang in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Sinyangchow with the Breve Ex hac divi on December 15, 1927 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Kaifeng . On March 2, 1933, it lost part of its territory for the benefit of the establishment of the Zhumadian Apostolic Prefecture .
On April 25, 1933, she was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. At least until 1993, the diocese never had a bishop again after the Steyler missionaries were driven out in 1950.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sinyangchow
- Georg Froewis SVD (August 1, 1928 - April 25, 1933)
Vicars Apostolic of Sinyangchow
- Hermann Schoppelrey SVD (December 13, 1933 - May 25, 1940)
- Vitus Chang SVD (July 8, 1941 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Xinyang
- Vitus Chang SVD (April 11, 1946 - November 13, 1949)
- Anton Pott SVD, appointed bishop (March 8, 1951 - February 6, 1953)