Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanzhong

The Diocese of Hanzhong/Nancheng (Latin: Hanciomen(sis), Chinese: 漢中, 南鄭) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. The episcopal see is the city of Hanzhong (Shaanxi). The Diocese of Hanzhong is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xi'an.

History[]

• August 2, 1887: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shensi 陝西南境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi 陝西
• December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hanzhongfu 漢中府
• April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Hanzhong 漢中

Leadership[]

• Vicars Apostolic of Southern Shensi 陝西南境
  • Bishop , P.I.M.E. (拔士林) (March 29, 1895 – April 24, 1918)
  • Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. (康) (April 2, 1919 – December 3, 1924)
• Vicars Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府
  • Bishop , P.I.M.E. (康) (December 3, 1924 – 1925)
  • Bishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi, P.I.M.E. (巴) (later Archbishop) (March 7, 1928 – 1935)
  • Bishop Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. (祁济众) (March 11, 1935 – April 11, 1946)
• Bishops of Hanzhong 漢中
  • Bishop , P.I.M.E. (祁济众) (April 11, 1946 – February 2, 1966)
  • Bishop , P.I.M.E. (孟守道) (January 13, 1949 – August 17, 1963)
  • Bishop Bartholomew Yu Chengti (1984 - 2003)
    • Bishop Matthias Yu Chengxin, coadjutor (December 1989 – 2007)
  • Bishop Louis Yu Run-shen (1986–2019)
  • Bishop Stefano Xu Hongwei (2019-Present)

References[]

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shen-si.

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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