Weixian diocese
| Weixian diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Yang Xiang-tai |
| founding | 1929 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| Website | http://www.hdcatholic.org/ |
The diocese Weixian ( lat. : Dioecesis Iomnieninus ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Handan .
history
The diocese Weixian was on May 24th 1929 by Pope Pius XI established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Xianxian as Apostolic Prefecture Weixian . The Apostolic Prefecture Weixian was on March 6, 1933 by Pius XI. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
The Apostolic Vicariate Weixian 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 Beijing as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Weixian
- Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün , 1929–1933
Vicars Apostolic of Weixian
- Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün, 1933–1946
Bishops of Weixian
- Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün, 1946–1953
- Sedis vacancy , since 1953
- Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) (1958–1964)
- Peter Chen Bai-lu (陳柏 蘆) (1988–1999)
- John Han Ding-xiang (韓鼎祥) (1989-2007)
- Stephen Yang Xiang-tai (楊祥 太) (1999 -...)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Weixian diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 11, 2011.