Archdiocese of Suiyuan
| Archdiocese of Suiyuan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Meng Qing-lu |
| founding | 1883 |
| surface | 100,000 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (1950) |
| Residents | 1,065,775 (1950) |
| Catholics | 41,932 (1950) |
| proportion of | 3.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (1950) |
| Religious priest | 33 (1950) |
| Catholics per priest | 608 |
| Religious sisters | 34 (1950) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Ningsia , Diocese of Siwantze , Diocese of Tsining |
The Archdiocese of Suiyuan [Hohhot] ( Latin Archidioecesis Soeiiuenensis ; Chinese 綏遠,呼和浩特 ) is in the People's Republic of China Located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and Metropolitan seat.
Under Pope Pius IX. the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwest Mongolia [Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale] (Chinese 西南 蒙古) was founded on December 21, 1883 out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia (Chinese 蒙古). The first episcopal vicar was the Belgian Alphonse de Voss CICM . Under Pope Benedict XV. The Vicariate Apostolic Ninghsia was founded in 1922 in part of the area ; the rest of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwest Mongolia was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Suiyüan [Hohot]. By Pope Pius XII. was raised on April 11, 1946 the vicariate to today's Suiyüan ( Hohhot ); first archbishop was Ludovicus Morel CICM.
The suffragans Ningsia [Yinchuan 寧夏], Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi 西 彎子] and Tsining [Jining 集 寧] are assigned to the archbishopric .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Southwest Mongolia
- Alphonse de Voss CICM , (德 玉明), (1883–1888)
- Ferdinand Hamer CICM, (韩 默 理), (1888–1900)
- Alfonso Bermyn CICM, (闵 玉清), (1901–1915)
Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan
- Louis Van Dyck CICM, 葛崇德, (1915–1937)
- Ludovicus Morel CICM (1938–1951)
Archbishop of Suiyuan
- Ludovicus Morel CICM (1938–1951)
- Francis Wang Xue-ming CICM, 王學明, (1951–1997)
- Sedis vacancy (1997 - 2018)
- Paul Meng Qing-lu (since 2010 as Archbishop of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and since 2018 with recognition from the Holy See )
As a result of the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in China, Auxiliary Bishop Leon Yao Liang died in 2009 , who had been imprisoned for over 28 years.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Catholic group reports death of Chinese underground bishop Leon Yao Liang at 87 , KFOR, January 5, 2010