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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia

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Metropolitan
  
Suiyuan

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
200,000 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Joseph Li Jing

Country
  
China

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 1,000,000 35,313 (3.5%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Yinchuan

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia/Yinchuan (Latin: Nimsciian(us), Chinese: 寧夏, 銀川) is a suffragan Latin diocese located in the city of Ningxia in the Ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan, in north(west)ern China, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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No statistics available. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia autonomous region.

History

  • Established on March 14, 1922 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia 寧夏, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古
  • Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Ningxia 寧夏

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman rite; until 1980 European missionary members of a Latin congregation)

    Apostolic Vicars of Ningxia 寧夏
  • Goffredo Frederix,Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (费达德) (born Belgium) (March 14, 1922 – retired 1930), Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1920.03.08 – 1938.06.18), initially as Apostolic Vicar of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China) (1920.03.05 – 1922.03.08); died 1938
  • Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. (石扬休) (born Belgium) (December 21, 1931 – death 13 January 1944), Titular Bishop of Petinessus (1931.12.14 – 1944.01.13)
  • Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. (王守礼) (born Belgium) (March 14, 1946 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Sufes (1946.03.14 – 1946.04.11)
    • Suffragan Bishops of Ningxia
  • Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. (王守礼) (see above April 11, 1946 – death August 26, 1980)
  • Joseph Ma Zhong-mu (馬仲牧) (first Chinese incumbent) (1984 – ?)
  • uncanonical John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山) (1993 – 20 December 2009)
  • Joseph Li Jing (20 December 2009 - ...), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (2007 – 2009).

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia Wikipedia
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