Taichung diocese
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taipei |
| Diocesan bishop | Martin Su Yao-wen |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 7,836 km² |
| Parishes | 71 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 4,523,421 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 28,679 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 470 |
| Friars | 55 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 95 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Jesus Savior Cathedral (耶穌 救主 總 堂) |
| address | 11 Lane 308, Hsue-Shih Road, PO Box 1010, Taichung 40421, Taiwan |
| Website | http://www.catholic-tc.org.tw |
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The Diocese of Taichung ( Latin Dioecesis Taichungensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in Taiwan and has its seat in Taichung . It includes Taichung City and Changhua and Nantou Counties in the western part of Taiwan Island .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Taichung Apostolic Prefecture on August 10, 1950 from cessions of the Taipei Apostolic Prefecture . In 1952 it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Taipei as a suffragan diocese.
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum Deo iuvante she was raised to the diocese on April 16, 1962.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Taichung
- William Francis Kupfer MM (January 26, 1951 - April 16, 1962)
Bishops of Taichung
- William Francis Kupfer MM (April 16, 1962 - June 25, 1986)
- Joseph Wang Yu-jung (June 25, 1986 - June 25, 2007)
- Martin Su Yao-wen (since June 25, 2007)