Archdiocese of Taipei
| Archdiocese of Taipei | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas Chung An-zu (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa Joseph Ti-kang John Hung SVD |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 4,600 km² |
| Parishes | 93 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 7,474,815 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 42,963 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 196 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 173 |
| Friars | 296 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 392 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (聖母 無 原罪 主教 座 堂) |
| address | PO Box 7-91 94 Loli Road Taipei 10668 Taiwan |
| Website | http://www.catholic.org.tw/taipei/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Chiayi Diocese of Hsinchu Diocese of Hualien Diocese of Kaohsiung Diocese of Taichung Diocese of Tainan |
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The Archdiocese of Taipei ( Latin Archidioecesis Taipehensis ) is a bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church located in Taiwan and has its seat in Taipei . It includes the northeastern part of Taiwan with the cities of Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung and the district of Yilan .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Taipei with the Apostolic Constitution Quo in Insula on December 30, 1949 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Island of Formosa .
On August 7, 1952, it lost a part to the Apostolic Prefecture of Hwalien and on the same day it was elevated to the Metropolitan Archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Gravia illa Christi .
She lost another part of his territory on March 21, 1961 to the diocese of Hsinchu .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Taipei
- Joseph Kuo Joshih (1950–1952)
Archbishops of Taipei
- Joseph Kuo Joshih (1952-1959)
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang (1966–1978)
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (1978-1989)
- Joseph Ti-kang (1989-2004)
- Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (2004-2007)
- John Hung SVD (2007-2020)
- Thomas Chung An-zu (since 2020)
See also
Web links
- Entry for Archdiocese of Taipei on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Taipei on gcatholic.org (English)
