Jinan Archdiocese
| Jinan Archdiocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Zhang Xianwang |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Residents | 4,890,667 ( AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics | 44.016 ( AP 1951 ) |
| proportion of | 0.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 ( AP 1951 ) |
| Religious priest | 65 ( AP 1951 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 524 |
| Religious sisters | 28 ( AP 1951 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral (Jinan) |
| Suffragan dioceses | |
The Archdiocese of Jinan ( Latin Archidioecesis Zinanensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the People's Republic of China with its seat in Jinan .
history
It was founded on September 3, 1839 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Scian-Ton Settentrionale (North Shantung), changed its name to Tsinanfu on December 3, 1924 and was raised to the Archdiocese of Jinan on April 1, 1946 . It is a metropolitan bishopric of seven suffragan bishops .
Ordinaries
The management was entrusted to the following people in various functions:
- Vicars Apostolic of North Shantung
- Bishop Luigi Moccagatta, OFM (1844 - September 27, 1870)
- Bishop Efrem Giesen, OFM (July 18, 1902-1919)
- Bishop Adalberto Schmücker, OFM (August 2, 1920 - December 3, 1924)
- Vicars Apostolic of Tsinanfu
- Bishop Adalberto Schmücker, OFM (December 3, 1924-1927)
- Bishop Cyrillus Jarre , OFM (as simple diocesan bishop from May 18, 1929 - April 11, 1946)
- Archbishops of Jinan
- Archbishop Cyrillus Jarre, OFM (as Metropolitan from April 11, 1946 - March 8, 1952)
- Br. John P'ing Ta-kuam, OFM (Apostolic Administrator November 7, 1952-1984)
- Sedis vacancy (1984 - 1997)
- Archbishop James Zhao Zi-ping (1997 - May 18, 2008)
- Archbishop Joseph Zhang Xian-Wang (since 2008)
See also
Commons : Jinan Archdiocese - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
