Diocese of Tainan
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| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taipei |
| Diocesan bishop | Bosco Lin Chi-nan |
| founding | March 21, 1961 |
| surface | 2,870 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,883,225 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 8,577 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 179 |
| Friars | 32 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 65 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Holy Mother of China (中華 聖母 主教 座 堂) |
| Website | http://www.catholic.org.tw/tainan |
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The Diocese of Tainan ( Latin Dioecesis Tainanensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and has its seat in Tainan . It includes Tainan City and Penghu County in the western part of Taiwan Island .
history
Pope John XXIII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam secundum on March 21, 1961 from cession of territory by the diocese of Kaohsiung . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Taipei as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Tainan
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang (March 21, 1961– February 15, 1966, then Archbishop of Taipei )
- Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang (June 7, 1966– December 3, 1990)
- Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (December 3, 1990– January 24, 2004, then Archbishop of Taipei )
- Bosco Lin Chi-nan (since January 24, 2004)