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Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun

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Metropolitan
  
Shenyang

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
75,204 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Sede Vacante

Country
  
China

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1949) 6,250,000 10,000 (0.2%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Joseph in Fushun

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun (Latin: Fuscioenen(sis), Chinese: 撫順) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in PR China.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in the city of Fushun.

History

  • Established on February 4, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽
  • Promoted on February 13, 1940 as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fushun 撫順, ending its missionary exempt, pre-dicoesan status, yet it still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

    • Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Apostolic Prefect of Fushun 撫順
  • Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. ((April 14, 1932 – February 13, 1940 see below)
    • Apostolic Vicar of Fushun 撫順
  • Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above February 13, 1940 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Hypæpa (1940.02.13 – 1946.04.11)
    • Suffragan Bishops of Fushun 撫順
  • Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – August 7, 1946); later Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1946.08.07 – retired 1956.08.06)
  • Vacant since 7 August 1946, without Apostolic Administrator.

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun Wikipedia
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