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Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing

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Country
  
China

Metropolitan
  
Fuzhou

Ecclesiastical province
  
Fuzhou

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
10,000 km (3,900 sq mi)

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 1948)1,000,00026,783 (2.7%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing/Xiapu (Latin: Funimen(sis), Chinese: 福寧, 霞浦) is a diocese located in the municipal region of Ningde (formerly Funing), in the Ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, in China.

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History

  • December 27, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Funingfu 福寧府 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Funing 福寧

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Funing 福寧 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿) (Apostolic Administrator 1948 – February 28, 1973)
  • Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (趙炳文) (April 11, 1946 – May 6, 1980)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Funingfu 福寧府 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (趙炳文) (later Archbishop) (May 18, 1926 – April 11, 1946)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing Wikipedia
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