Diocese of Yuci
| Diocese of Yuci | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Taiyuan |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1931 |
| surface | 10,000 km² |
| Residents | 1,500,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics | 15,410 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2002 ) |
| proportion of | 1 % |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 670 |
| Friars | 5 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 (December 31, 1950 / AP2002 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | 主教 座 堂 |
The diocese of Yuci ( Latin : Dioecesis Iuzeanus ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Yuci in the People's Republic of China .
history
Pope Pius XI founded with the Brief Cum Minister the Apostolic Prefecture Yuci on June 17, 1931 from territorial concessions of the Apostolic Vicariate Taiyüanfu . On March 9, 1944, she was raised to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic . With the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos it was raised to the diocese on April 11, 1946.
With the expulsion of the foreign missionaries , the diocese remained vacant since 1953. However, Bishop Anthony Humilis Yang Guangqi (Yang Kuang Ch'i), who ordained priests in hiding, was soon arrested and died in prison in 1957 (or 1958). Since then the bishop's chair has been vacant. On September 14, 1999, Father Jean-Baptiste Wang Jin was ordained a bishop.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Yütze
- Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia OFM (January 16, 1932 - March 9, 1944)
Apostolic Vicar of Yütze
- Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia OFM (March 9, 1944 - April 11, 1946)
Bishops of Yuci
- Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia OFM (April 11, 1946 - August 12, 1953, died)
- Anthony Humilis Yang Guangqi OFM (September 20, 1955 - November 11, 1957, died)