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.
Diocese of Tingzhou Dioecesis Timceuvensis 天主教汀州教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Territory | Longyan (except Zhangping); Ninghua County, Qingliu County, Mingxi County, Sanyuan District, and Meilie District of Sanming |
| Ecclesiastical province | Fuzhou |
| Metropolitan | Fuzhou |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 1,220,000 4,318 (0.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Lin Jiashan |
Post-revolutionary facts on the ground notwithstanding, the diocese remains in the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, under the Metropolitan See at Fuzhou.
History edit
- 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 edit
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