Datong Diocese
Datong Diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taiyuan |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
founding | 1922 |
surface | 20,000 km² |
Parishes | 16 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
Residents | 1,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
Catholics | 7,702 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
proportion of | 0.8% |
Diocesan priest | 6 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
Catholics per priest | 592 |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
cathedral | Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral |
The Diocese of Datong ( Latin : Dioecesis Tatomensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Datong in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded with the bull Concreditum Nobis the Apostolic Prefecture Tatungfu on March 14, 1922 from territory ceded by the Apostolic Vicariate North Shansi . On June 17, 1932, she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the Bull Ut prosperitati spirituali .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. Since July 8, 1990, Datong Bishop Guo Yingong , a member of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association , is not recognized by the Holy See .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Tatungfu
- Gerard-Joseph Hoogers C.ICM (March 3, 1923 - September 28, 1931)
- Franciscus Joosten CICM (June 14, 1932 - June 17, 1932)
Vicar Apostolic of Tatungfu
- Franciscus Joosten CICM (June 17, 1932 - April 11, 1946)
Bishop of Datong
- Franciscus Joosten CICM (April 11, 1946 - November 20, 1947)