Yingkou diocese
| Yingkou diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Shenyang Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1949 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese of Yingkou ( lat . : Dioecesis Imcheuvensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Yingkou in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Diocese of Yinglou with the Bull Ne Sacri Pastores on July 14, 1949 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Shenyang . So far the only local ordinary was André-Jean Vérineux M.EP from July 14, 1949 to January 10, 1983.