Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanggu

Located in China Yangku diocese (Latin Dioecesis Iamcuvensis ) was founded on 13 September 1933 as Apostolic Prefecture of Yangku, was charged on July 11, 1933 Apostolic Vicariate before he was there on April 11, 1946 Diocese.

The church province Tsinan [ Jinan ] belonging and 3244 km ² large diocese counted 10,237 Roman Catholics in 1960, which represented 0.7 % of the population in this region. With 41 diocesan priests, 12 religious priests and 26 nuns, it was originally a mission area of the Divine Word Missionaries, which also featured the Vicars Apostolic.

Since the staffing situation of the diocese was already developed early, Yangku was with Thomas Niu Hui -ching already welcomed as recent Apostolic Vicars and first bishop of a local. He died on 28 February 1973. Due to the political situation, the diocese until now could not be occupied.

See also: List of the Catholic dioceses

• Roman Catholic diocese (China)
• Religion ( Shandong)