Roman Catholic Diocese of Nanyang

The Diocese of Nanyang (Latin: Dioecesis Naniamensis ) is a located in the People's Republic of China Roman Catholic diocese based in Nanyang.

History

Pope Pius IX. founded the Apostolic Vicariate Südhonan on August 28, 1882 from division of the Apostolic Vicariate in northern Honan Honan and Südhonan. On September 21, 1916, the Apostolic Vicariate Südhonan were parts of its territory from establishing the Apostolic Vicariate Osthonan. The Apostolic Vicariate of Südhonan was renamed on December 3, 1924 in Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyang. On 2 March 1933, the Vicariate Apostolic Nanyang gave parts of its territory establishing the Apostolic Zhumadian Prefecture.

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

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of South Henan

  • Stefano Scarella PIME, 1882-1884, then Vicar Apostolic of North Henan
  • Simeone Volonteri PIME, 1882-1904
  • Angelo Cattaneo PIME, 1905-1910
  • Noè Giuseppe Tacconi PIME, 1911-1916, then Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Henan
  • Flaminio Belotti PIME, 1917-1924

Vicars Apostolic of Nanyang

  • Flaminio Belotti PIME, 1924-1938
  • Pietro Massa PIME, 1938-1946

Bishops of Nanyang

  • Pietro Massa PIME, 1946-1978
  • See is vacant, since 1978
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