Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou

The diocese Laohekou (Latin: Dioecesis Laohocheuvensis ) is a location in the People's Republic of China Roman Catholic diocese based in Laohekou.

History

The diocese Laohekou was taken on September 2, 1870 as a result of the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate Hubei in the north-western Hubei, South-West Hubei and eastern Hubei. The Apostolic Vicariate of Northwest Hubei was renamed on December 3, 1924 in Apostolic Vicariate Laohekou. On May 25, 1936, the Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou were from parts of its territory establishing the Apostolic Xiangyang Prefecture.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou was posted on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos to the diocese and the Archdiocese of Hankow is a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Northwest Hubei

  • Pascal Bili OFM, 1876-1878
  • Hezekiah Banci OFM, 1879-1903
  • Fabiano Francesco Landi, OFM, 1904-1920
  • Luigi Ricci Ermenegildo OFM, 1922-1924

Vicars Apostolic of Laohekou

  • Luigi Ricci Ermenegildo OFM, 1924-1930
  • Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, OFM, 1932-1946

Bishops of Laohekou

  • Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, OFM, 1946-1966
  • See is vacant, since 1966
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