Diocese of Xiapu
| Diocese of Xiapu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fuzhou |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Guo Xijin |
| Coadjutor | Vincent Zhan Silu |
| founding | 1923 |
| surface | 10,000 km² |
| Residents | 1,000,000 ( 12/31/1948 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics | 26,783 ( 12/31/1948 / AP2002 ) |
| proportion of | 2.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (December 31, 1948 / AP2002 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 1948 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 837 |
| Religious sisters | 25 (December 31, 1948 / AP2002 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Xiapu ( Latin : Dioecesis Funimensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Xiapu in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Funing with the Breve Ad maiorem on December 27, 1923 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Foochow. With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
The State Council of the People's Republic of China has united the six dioceses of Fujian Province into three dioceses: the Diocese of Funing is now known as the Diocese of Mindong .
On August 25, 2005, Bishop James Xie Shiguang, ordained in 1984, died. At his death the diocese had 75,000 believers, around 30 priests and 50 members from two religious communities . Vincent Zhan Silu succeeded him as bishop.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Funing
- Theodore Labrador Fraile OP (May 18, 1926 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Xiapu
- Theodore Labrador Fraile OP (April 11, 1946 - June 13, 1946, then Archbishop of Fuzhou )
- Thomas Niu Hui-ching (1948 - February 28, 1973) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Vincent Zhan Silu (since 2005)