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Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
12,000 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Joseph Li Shan

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
China

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 2,000,000 78,601 (3.9%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Baoding

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan (Latin: Paotimen(sis), Chinese: 保定, 青苑) is a diocese located in the city of Baoding in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China.

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History

  • February 14, 1910: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定

    • Special churches

  • National Shrine:
  • 中华圣母国家朝圣地
    (National Shrine of Our Lady of China), Donglu

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (範學淹) (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992)
  • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946)
  • Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946)
  • Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. (满德胎) (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. (富成功) (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding Wikipedia
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