Diocese of Zhengzhou
| Diocese of Zhengzhou | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaifeng |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1882 |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Residents | 4,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics | 21,514 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 896 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 1950 / AP1951 ) |
| Religious sisters | 62 ( 12/31/1950 / AP1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The diocese Zhengzhou ( lat. : Dioecesis Cemceuvensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Zhengzhou .
history
The diocese of Zhengzhou was established on May 15, 1906 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Henan as Apostolic Prefecture West Henan . The West Henan Apostolic Prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on May 2, 1911 by Pius X. The Apostolic Vicariate of West Henan was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou on December 3, 1924 . On May 25, 1929, the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou gave parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Luoyang .
The Apostolic Vicariate Zhengzhou 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 Kaifeng as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of West Henan
- Luigi Calza SX , 1906-1911
Vicars Apostolic of West Henan
- Luigi Calza SX, 1911-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Zhengzhou
- Luigi Calza SX, 1924-1944
Bishops of Zhengzhou
- Faustino Tissot SX, 1946-1983
- Sedis vacancy , since 1983
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Zhengzhou on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 3, 2011.