Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh (Latin: Coeiteven(sis), Chinese: 歸德, 商邱) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Diocese of Guide Dioecesis Coeitevensis 天主教归德教区 | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kaifeng |
| Metropolitan | Kaifeng |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,000 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 2,000,000 9,973 (0.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shangqiu |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Gao Hong-xiao |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (South Church), located in the city of Shangqiu 商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh), in Henan province.
No statistics available. It is vacant, without apostolic administrator, since 2009.
History
- Established June 19, 1928 as Apostolic Prefecture of Guide 歸德/ de Kweiteh (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 (now its Metropolitan)
- Promoted on May 18, 1937 as Apostolic Vicariate of Guide 歸德
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Shangqiu/Guide 歸德 / Cœiteven(sis) (Latin)
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary Latin Congregation)
- Apostolic Prefect of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
- father Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, Order of Saint Augustine (O.A.R.) (born Spain) (8 January 1929 – 18 May 1937 see below)
- Apostolic Vicar of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
- Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (see above 18 May 1937 – 11 April 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Chusira (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)
- Suffragan Bishops of Shangqiu/Guide
- Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (see above 11 April 1946 – retired 11 December 1947), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Remesiana (1947.12.11 – death 1976.09.06)
- Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares, O.A.R. (born Spain) (10 November 1949 – death 21 November 1970)
- Nicholas Shi Jing-xian, O.S.A. (first China-born incumbent) (1991 - uncanonical since 1999 - death 2001)
- vacancy.
See also
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