Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou
The Diocese of Tian Shui (Latin: Dioecesis Zinceuvensis ) is a located in the People's Republic of China Roman Catholic diocese based in Tianshui.
History
The diocese of Tianshui was established on April 28, 1905 by Pope Pius X. territorial concessions from the Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Gansu. The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Gansu was renamed on March 8, 1922 in Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Gansu. On 3 December 1924, the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Gansu was renamed Vicariate Apostolic Tianshui.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tian Shui was born on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Quotidie Nos to the diocese and the Archdiocese of Lanzhou is a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Southern Gansu
- Everard Ter Laak CICM, 1906-1914, then Vicar Apostolic of Chongli - Xiwanzi
- Constantin Daems CICM, 1914-1922
Vicars Apostolic of East Gansu
- Salvador -Pierre Walleser OFM Cap, 1922-1924
Vicars Apostolic of Tianshui
- Salvador -Pierre Walleser OFM Cap, 1924-1946
Bishops of Tianshui
- Peter Grimm Gratian, OFM Cap, 1949-1972
- See is vacant, since 1972
Pictures of Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou
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