Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanzhou

Located in China Yanzhou diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Ienceuvensis ) was established on 8th January 1886 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Scian tone Meridional, but changed its name on December 3, 1924 " Apostolic Vicariate of Yenchowfu " before he on it April 11, 1946 was charged under the name Yenchow to the diocese.

This belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province Jinan diocese counted 1950 60.000 Catholics, which represented 1.5 % of the population in this region. With nine diocesan priests, 30 religious priests and 24 religious sisters, it was a mission area of the Divine Word Missionaries, which also featured the apostolic vicars and bishops; there were only two.

As Bishops, officiated the Divine Word Fathers Johann Baptist von Anzer (1885-1903), Augustin Henninghaus (1904-1935) and Teodoro schools ( 1935-1965 ).

Due to the political situation, the diocese was after the death of Bishop Teodoro Schu, SVD, on August 2, 1965 to the present day no longer be filled.