Metropolitan Taipei Sui iuris church Latin Church Area 3,244 km² Phone +886 5 276 6371 | Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Province Taiwan Province Country Taiwan | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2006)
1,582,934
17,820 (1.1%) Cathedral Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City Address 號, No. 81, Yazhu Rd, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan 600 Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiayi (Lat: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Kiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is Thomas Chung An-zu, appointed in June 2007.
Ordinaries
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiayi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA