Diocese of Wanzhou
| Diocese of Wanzhou | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chongqing |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul He Zeqing |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 20,000 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 5,000,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 22,649 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 492 |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
The diocese of Wanzhou ( lat . : Dioecesis Uanscienensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Wanzhou in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Wanhsien on August 2, 1929 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Chongqing . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
On January 10, 2001, Bishop Matthias Duan Yin-ming, one of the last living bishops, died by Pius XII. were ordained bishop. He was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixuan, a former coadjutor bishop since 1989, who was officially recognized by the state and who died on December 8, 2008. The current bishop of the diocese is Paul He Zeqing, former coadjutor bishop since 2005.
In 1998, Matthias Duan Yin-ming Xu Zhixuan and Joseph Xu Zhixuan were invited to attend the Synod of Bishops' Special Assembly for Asia, but the Chinese government refused permission to leave the country.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Wanhsien
- Francis Wang Tse-pu (December 16, 1929 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Wanzhou
- Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (April 11, 1946 - July 3, 1947)
- Matthias Duan Yin-ming (June 9, 1949 - January 10, 2001)
- Joseph Xu Zhixuan (January 10, 2001 - December 8, 2008)
- Paul He Zeqing (recognized by Beijing since December 13, 2008 and also by Rome since September 22, 2018 )