Diocese of Xiamen
| Diocese of Xiamen | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Foochow |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Cai Bingrui |
| founding | 1883 |
| surface | 30,000 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 7,500,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 16,588 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 829 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Christ the King |
| Website | http://www.xmcatholic.org |
The Diocese of Xiamen ( lat. : Dioecesis Sciiamenensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Xiamen .
history
The diocese of Xiamen was on December 3, 1883 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate North Fo-kien as the Apostolic Vicariate Xiamen . On July 13, 1913, the Vicariate Apostolic Xiamen gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Formosa .
The Apostolic Vicariate Xiamen 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 Foochow as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Xiamen
- Andrés Chinchón OP , 1883-1892
- Ignacio Ibáñez OP, 1893
- Esteban Sánchez de las Heras OP, 1895-1896
- Alejandro Cañál OP, 1898
- Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez OP, 1899-1915
- Manuel Prat Pujoldevall OP, 1916-1946
Bishops of Xiamen
- Manuel Prat Pujoldevall OP, 1946-1947
- Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz OP, 1948–1983
- Joseph Huang Zi-yu (1986-1991)
- Joseph Cai Bingrui (since 2010)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Xiamen on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 4, 2011.