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Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong

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Metropolitan
  
Taiyuan

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
20,000 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Sede Vacante

Country
  
China

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 1,000,000 7,702 (0.8%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong/Tatung (Latin: Tatomen(sis), Chinese: 大同) is a Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in PR China.

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It has its cathedral episcopal see Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the city of Datong but is vacant.

History

  • Established on March 14, 1922 as Apostolic Prefecture of Datongfu 大同府, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shansi 山西北境)
  • Promoted on June 17, 1932 as Apostolic Vicariate of Datongfu 大同府
  • Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Datong 大同, ceasing to be exempt and becoming a suffragan.

    • Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite; so far all missionary members of the Latin congregation Scheutists, C.I.C.M.)

    Apostolic Prefect of Datongfu 大同府
  • Father Giuseppe Hoogers, C.I.C.M. (March 3, 1923–1932), previously Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui iuris of I-li 伊犁 (imeprial China) (1918.06.08 – 1922)
    • Apostolic Vicar of Datongfu 大同府
  • Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M. (June 21, 1932 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (in Isauria) (1932.06.14 – 1946.04.11)
    • Suffragan Bishops of Datong 大同
  • Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M. (see above April 11, 1946–1947)
  • Apostolic Administrator Alphonse Van Buggenhout (范普厚), C.I.C.M. (1950.03.31 – 1951), later Secretary General of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference 1967 – 1970
  • Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong (郭印宮) (1990 – 2000?)
  • (sede vacante)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong Wikipedia
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