Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 2,780 km² Bishop Kitsudan Rin		Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 21 March 1961 Country Taiwan Metropolitan archbishop John Hung

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,873,2269,434 (0.5%) Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of China in Tainan Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan (Lat: Dioecesis Tainanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.

Erected in March 1961, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei. The diocese has not undergone any jurisdictional changes.

The current bishop is Bosco Lin Chi-nan, appointed in January 2004.

Ordinaries

Stanislaus Lokuang † (21 Mar 1961 Appointed - 15 Feb 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)

Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang † (7 Jun 1966 Appointed - 3 Dec 1990 Retired)

Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (3 Dec 1990 Appointed - 24 Jan 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)

Bosco Lin Chi-nan (24 Jan 2004 Appointed - )

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