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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Sui iuris church
  
Established
  
30 December 1949

Country
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Area
  
4,590 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
John Hung

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)7,331,02738,037 (0.5%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei (Latin: Archidioecesis Taipehensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan. Pope Pius XII erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei on December 30, 1949. On August 7, 1952, it was elevated to an archdiocese, with the suffragan sees of Chiayi, Hsinchu, Hualien, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Tainan.

The archdiocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. As the only metropolitan in Taiwan, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. John Hung Shan-Chuan was appointed Archbishop of Taipei by Pope Benedict XVI on November 9, 2007.

List of Ordinaries of Taipei

  • Joseph Kuo Joshih (1950–1959)
  • Thomas Tien Ken-sin (Apostolic Administrator, 1959 – 1966)
  • Stanislaus Lo Kuang (1966–1978)
  • Matthew Kia Yen-wen (1978–1989)
  • Joseph Ti-kang (1989–2004)
  • Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (2004–2007)
  • John Hung Shan-Chuan (2007 – present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei Wikipedia


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