The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun (Latin: Fuscioenen(sis), Chinese: 撫順) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in PR China.
Diocese of Fushun Dioecesis Fuscioenensis 天主教抚顺教区 | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Shenyang |
| Metropolitan | Shenyang |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 75,204 km2 (29,036 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1949) 6,250,000 10,000 (0.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Joseph in Fushun, Liaoning |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul Pei Junmin |
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in the city of Fushun.
History edit
- Established on February 4, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽
- Promoted on February 13, 1940 as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fushun 撫順, ending its missionary exempt, pre-dicoesan status, yet it still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Ordinaries edit
(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Prefect of Fushun 撫順
- Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (April 14, 1932 – February 13, 1940 see below)
- Apostolic Vicar of Fushun 撫順
- Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above February 13, 1940 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Hypæpa (1940.02.13 – 1946.04.11)
- Suffragan Bishops of Fushun 撫順
- Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – August 7, 1946); later Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1946.08.07 – retired 1956.08.06)
- Vacant since 7 August 1946, without Apostolic Administrator.
Sources and external links edit
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