Archdiocese of Fuzhou
The Archdiocese of Fuzhou (Latin Archidioecesis Fuceuvensis ) located in the People's Republic of China was founded on October 15, 1696 as the Apostolic Vicariate Fo-Kien (Latin Fokiensis ) and changed its name to Foochow on December 27, 1923.
| Archdiocese of Fuzhou | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Lin Jiashan |
| Auxiliary bishop | Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng |
| surface | 32,348 km² |
| Residents | 2,894,643 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics | 40,525 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| proportion of | 1.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (1950 / AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,039 |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | St. Dominic's Cathedral |
Raised an archbishopric on April 11, 1946 , Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan has been in charge of the archbishopric as metropolitan of the dioceses of Funing , Xiamen-Amoy and Tingzhou since 2008. Due to an imprisonment, he had to be represented as Apostolic Administrator in 2016 by Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng .
Vicars Apostolic
- François Pallu, MEP (1680–1684)
- Charles Maigrot, MEP (1684–1709)
- St. Pedro Sanz, OP (1732-1747)
- Eusebio Oscot, OP (1737-1743)
- Francisco Pallás Faro, OP (1753–1778)
- José Calvo, OP (1781–1812)
- Roque José Carpena Díaz, OP (1812–1849)
- Miguel Calderón, OP (1849-1883)
- Salvador Masot y Gómez, OP (1884–1911)
- Francisco Aguirre Murga, OP (1911–1941)
Archbishops
- Theodore Labrador Fraile, OP (1946–1980)
- Peter Lin Jiashan (since 2008)
see also: List of Roman Catholic Dioceses , Catholic Church