Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun

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Diocese of Fushun

Dioecesis Fuscioenensis

天主教抚顺教区
Location
Country China
Ecclesiastical provinceShenyang
MetropolitanShenyang
Statistics
Area75,204 km2 (29,036 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 1949)
6,250,000
10,000 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Joseph in Fushun, Liaoning
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede Vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul Pei Junmin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun (Latin: Fuscioenen(sis), Chinese: 撫順) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in PR China.

Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in the city of Fushun.

History[]

  • Established on February 4, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽
  • Promoted on February 13, 1940 as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fushun 撫順, ending its missionary exempt, pre-dicoesan status, yet it still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Ordinaries[]

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Fushun 撫順
  • Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (April 14, 1932 – February 13, 1940 see below)
Apostolic Vicar of Fushun 撫順
  • Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above February 13, 1940 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Hypæpa (1940.02.13 – 1946.04.11)
Suffragan Bishops of Fushun 撫順
  • Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – August 7, 1946); later Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1946.08.07 – retired 1956.08.06)
  • Vacant since 7 August 1946, without Apostolic Administrator.

Sources and external links[]

Coordinates: 41°25′00″N 123°54′00″E / 41.4167°N 123.9000°E / 41.4167; 123.9000

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