Xuanhua diocese
| Xuanhua diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Coadjutor | Agostino Cui Tai |
| founding | 1926 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Holy Cross Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.xhchina.org/ |
The diocese of Xuanhua ( Latin : Dioecesis Siuenhoavensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Xuanhua in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Süanhwafu with the Breve Expedit on May 10, 1926 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Beijing . The first Vicar Apostolic, Philippe Zhao Huai-yi , was one of the first six Chinese bishops appointed by Pope Pius XI. were ordained bishops in Rome on October 28, 1926 .
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946. In 1980, the Chinese government merged the Chongli-Xiwanzi and Xuanhua dioceses and created the Zhangjiakou diocese , which was not recognized by the Holy See .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Süanhwafu
- Philippe Zhao Huai-yi (June 24, 1926 - October 14, 1927)
- Peter Cheng (March 28, 1928 - August 25, 1935)
- Joseph Ciamgioenpuo (July 7, 1936 - April 11 , 1946)
Bishops of Xuanhua
- Joseph Ciamgioenpuo (April 11, 1946 - November 20, 1947)
- Peter Wang Mu-To (January 8, 1948 - September 3, 1959)
- Chang Shou-yi (1958 - March 27, 1987)
- Xu Li-zhi (1987-19 January 1992)
- Simon Zhang Jiu-mu (1989-12 December 1999)
- Philip Peter Zhao Zhen-dong (December 12, 1999 - June 13, 2007)
- Thomas Zhao Ke-xun (since June 13, 2007)