Diocese of Jining
Diocese of Jining | |
Basic data | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hohhot |
Diocesan bishop | Antonio Yao Shun |
founding | 1929 |
surface | 40,000 km² |
Parishes | 32 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Residents | 800,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics | 36,240 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
proportion of | 4.5% |
Diocesan priest | 64 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
Catholics per priest | 566 |
Religious sisters | 98 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
cathedral | Our Lady of the Rosary |
The Diocese of Jining ( Latin : Dioecesis Zinimensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Jining in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Tsining with the Breve Ex apostolico munere on February 8, 1929 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Xiwanzi . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
On October 20, 1995, after many years of vacancy , John Liu Shi-gong, elected in 1989 by the priests of the diocese and approved by the government, received the episcopal ordination . The bishop appears to have been in communion with the Holy See .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Tsining
- Evarist Chang (February 8, 1929– May 26, 1932)
- Joseph Fan Heng-nfan (January 10, 1933– April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Jining
- Joseph Fan Heng-nfan (April 11, 1946–1975)
- John Liu Shi-gong (October 20, 1995– June 9, 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Jining on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Jining on gcatholic.org (English)