Yinchuan diocese
| Yinchuan diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hohhot |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Li Jing |
| founding | 1922 |
| surface | 200,000 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 1,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 35,313 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 3.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 706 |
| Religious sisters | 67 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
The Diocese of Yinchuan ( lat . : Dioecesis Nimsciianus ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Yinchuan in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Ninghsia with the Breve Christiani gregis on March 14, 1922 out of territory ceded by the Apostolic Vicariate Southwest Mongolia . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
John Baptist Liu Jingshan was the bishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association of the Diocese from 1984 to 2009 . Joseph Li Jing , with the consent of the Holy See , was appointed coadjutor bishop on December 21, 2007 , succeeding his predecessor in office in 2009.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Ninghsia
- Godefroy Frederix C.ICM (March 14, 1922 - March 21, 1930)
- Gaspare Scots CICM (December 14, 1931 - January 13, 1944)
- Charles Joseph van Melckebeke CICM (March 14, 1946 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Yinchuan
- Charles Joseph van Melckebeke CICM (April 11, 1946 - August 26, 1980)
- Joseph Ma Zhongmu (1983-2005)
- John Jiang Liren ( 1989-2000 )
- Joseph Li Jing (since 2008)
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Yinchuan on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Mongolia's first bishop dies at 101" , catholicculture.org of March 26, 2020, accessed on April 1, 2020 (English)