Lulong diocese
| Lulong diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Fang Jian-ping |
| founding | 1899 |
| surface | 30,000 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Residents | 4,000,000 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Friars | 9 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 49 (12.31.1950 / 1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
The Lulong Diocese ( Latin : Dioecesis Iompimensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Lulong in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate Ostzhili on December 23, 1899 out of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Nordzhili . On December 3, 1924, it took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Yongpingfu.
With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Ostzhili
- Ernest François Geurts CM (December 14, 1899 - December 3, 1924)
Apostolic Vicars of Yüngpingfu
- Ernest François Geurts CM (December 3, 1924 - July 21, 1940)
- Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille CM (July 21, 1940 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Lulong
- Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille (April 11, 1946 - March 6, 1948)
- John Herrijgers CM (June 4, 1948-1983 ) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Lan Bo-lu (1958 - July 28, 1976)
- Paul Liu Jing-he (1981 - November 2010)
- Peter Fang Jian-ping (since November 2010 as bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association , recognized by Rome since September 22, 2018 )