Zhengding diocese
| Zhengding diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beijing |
| Diocesan bishop | Julius Jia Zhiguo |
| founding | 1856 |
| Residents | 4,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 52,000 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 53 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 981 |
| Friars | 35 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 121 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Christ the King |
The diocese of Zhengding ( lat. : Dioecesis Cemtimensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Zhengding .
history
The diocese of Zhengding was on April 2, 1856 by Pope Pius IX. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Beijing as Apostolic Vicariate Southwest Chi-Li . The Apostolic Vicariate Southwest Chi-Li gave on April 15, 1924 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Lixian . On December 3, 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate Southwest Chi-Li was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Zhengding . The Apostolic Vicariate Zhengding gave on May 25, 1929 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Zhaoxian . Another cession took place in 1933 to establish the Zhaoxian Apostolic Prefecture .
The Apostolic Vicariate Zhengding was on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Beijing as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Southwest Chi-Li
- Jean-Baptiste Anouilh CM , 1858–1869
- François-Ferdinand Tagliabue CM, 1869–1884, then Vicar Apostolic of Nord Chi-Li
- Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou CM, 1885–1890, then Vicar Apostolic of Nord Chi-Li
- Jules Bruguière CM, 1891-1906
- Jules-Auguste Coqset CM, 1907-1917
- Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille CM, 1917–1919, then coadjutor vicar of Nord Chi-Li
- Franciscus Hubertus Schraven CM, 1920-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Zhengding
- Franciscus Hubertus Schraven CM, 1924–1937
- Job Chen Chi-ming CM, 1939-1946
Bishops of Zhengding
- Job Chen Chi-ming CM, 1946-1959
- Sedis vacancy , 1959-1980
- Andrew Liu An-zhi CM, 1962-1966
- Paul Jiang Taoran , 1989-2010
- Paul Dong Guanhua , since 2005
- Julius Jia Zhiguo, since 1980
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Zhengding on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 12, 2011.