Diocese of Siping
| Diocese of Siping | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Shenyang Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Andrew Han Jingtao |
| founding | 1929 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Siping ( lat . : Dioecesis Sepimchiaevensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Siping in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Szepingkai with the Breve Ex hac sublimi on August 2, 1929 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariates Shenyang and Deer . On June 1, 1932, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate with the Breve Litteris Apostolicis Nostris .
On May 18, 1937, it lost parts of the territory in favor of the establishment of the Lintong Apostolic Prefecture . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. The only bishop of the diocese so far was Joseph Adhemar Louis Lapierre . Andrew Han Jing-tao was ordained a secret bishop in the early 1980s .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Szepingkai
- Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre PME (February 19, 1930 - June 1, 1932)
Vicar Apostolic of Szepingkai
- Joseph Adhemar Louis Lapierre PME (June 1, 1932 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Siping
- Joseph Adhemar Louis Lapierre PME (April 11, 1946 - December 1, 1952)
- Paul Zhang (April 2, 1954 - 2004 as Apostolic Administrator )
- Andrew Han Jingtao (since 1983 as a prevented underground bishop)