Diocese of Nanyang

Dioecesis Naniamensis

天主教南阳教区
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceKaifeng
Statistics
Area12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1950)
4,025,000
22,807 (0.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Joseph in Nanyang
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph Zhu Bao-yu
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Gao Hongxiao

The Diocese of Nanyang (Latin: Naniamen(sis), Chinese: 南陽) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see is Nanyang, Henan. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.

History

  • 1844: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京
  • August 28, 1882: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanyang 南陽

Leadership

  • Bishops of Nanyang 南陽
    • Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu (朱宝玉) (June 30, 2011 – present)
    • Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen (靳德辰) (1981 - 2011)
    • Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. (梅先春) (April 11, 1946 – February 19, 1978)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府
    • Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. (梅先春) (March 29, 1938 – April 11, 1946)
    • Bishop Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. (包海容) (June 14, 1917 – 1937)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境
    • Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. (安西满) (September 1, 1882 – December 21, 1904)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Honan 河南
    • Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. (April 8, 1856 – September 9, 1877)
    • Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. (安巴都) (March 2, 1844 – 1865)

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.