Yingkou diocese
Yingkou diocese | |
Basic data | |
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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.