Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan

The Archdiocese of Taiyuan (Taiyuan ) (Latin: Archidioecesis Taeiuenensis ) is a located in the People's Republic of China diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

Under Pope Leo XIII. was divided into the Apostolic Vicariate Südshanxi and northern Shanxi on June 17, 1890, the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanxi. Under Pope Pius XI. 1924 was the renaming of the Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate Taiyüanfu northern Shanxi. By Pope Pius XII. was collected on 11 April 1946, the survey by the Vicariate to the archbishopric of Taiyuan.

The archdiocese assigned the suffragan bishopric of Fenyang [ Fenyang ], diocese Hung Tung [ Hongdong ], diocese Lu An [ Changzhi ], diocese Shohchow [ Shuoxian ], diocese Tatung [ Datong ] and diocese Yütze [ Yuci ].

Bishops

  • Grégoire Grassi, OFM, 1890-1891
  • Givoanni Antonio Hofman OFM, 1891-1902
  • Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, OFM, 1902-1909
  • Eugenio Massi OFM, 1910-1916, later Vicar Apostolic of Central Shensi
  • Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, OFM, 1916-1938
  • Dominic Luke Capozi OFM, 1940-1983

Due to the political situation, the archbishopric was the resignation of Dominic Luke Capozi 1983, the only one recognized by the Roman Catholic Church Archbishop, until today no longer be filled.

  • Li De -hua (李德 化) ( 1962-1971 )
  • Bonaventure Benedict Zhang Xin, O.F.M. (张 信) ( 1981-1994 )
  • Sylvester Li Jian -tang (李建 唐) (1994 - ...)
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