Diocese of Tianshui
| Diocese of Tianshui | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lanzhou |
| Diocesan bishop | John Wang Ruowang |
| founding | 1905 |
| surface | 45,000 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 2,500,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 8,548 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 305 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Dongguan Cathedral |
The diocese of Tianshui ( lat. : Dioecesis Zinceuvensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tianshui .
history
The diocese of Tianshui was established on April 28, 1905 by Pope Pius X. from the cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Gansu as Apostolic Vicariate South Gansu . The Apostolic Vicariate South Gansu was renamed on March 8, 1922 in Apostolic Vicariate East Gansu . On December 3, 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate East Gansu was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Tianshui .
The Apostolic Vicariate Tianshui was on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lanzhou as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of South Gansu
- Everard ter Laak CICM , 1906–1914, then Vicar Apostolic of Chongli-Xiwanzi
- Constantin Daems CICM, 1914-1922
Vicars Apostolic of East Gansu
- Salvador-Pierre Walleser OFMCap , 1922–1924
Vicars Apostolic of Tianshui
- Salvador-Pierre Walleser OFMCap, 1924–1946
Bishops of Tianshui
- Peter Gratian Grimm OFMCap, 1949–1972
- Casimir Wang Milu ( 1981-2003 )
- Stephen Li Xinzheng ( 1983-1989 )
- John Wang Ruowang, since 2003
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Tianshui on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 3, 2011.