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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou

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Metropolitan
  
Fuzhou

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
20,000 km²

Denomination
  
Roman catholic

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
China

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 1,220,000 4,318 (0.4%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou/Changting (Latin: Timceuven(sis), Chinese: 汀州/長汀) is a diocese co-extensive with the Chinese imperial prefecture Tingzhou fu. The cathedral is located in the present-day Tingzhou town.

Post-revolutionary facts on the ground notwithstanding, the diocese remains in the Ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, under the Metropolitan See at Fuzhou.

History

  • December 27, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tingzhou 汀州 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境
  • May 8, 1947: Promoted as Diocese of Tingzhou 汀州

    • Bishops of Tingzhou 汀州 (Roman rite)

  • Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. (May 8, 1947 – April 26, 1963)

    • Prefects Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (Roman Rite)

  • Fr. Edber M. Pelzer, O.P. (December 21, 1925–1945)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou Wikipedia
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