Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 8,144 km² Auxiliary bishop Kenji So Metropolitan archbishop John Hung | Sui iuris church Latin Church Pope Francis Country Taiwan Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2006)
586,241
56,810 (9.7%) Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians in Hualien City Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hwalien (Lat: Dioecesis Hvalienensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hwalien in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, in 1963. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is Philip Huang Chao-ming, appointed in November 2001.
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References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hwalien Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA