Diocese of Funing

Dioecesis Funimensis

天主教福宁教区
Location
CountryChina
TerritoryNingde (except Pingnan County and Gutian County)
Ecclesiastical provinceFuzhou
MetropolitanFuzhou
Statistics
Area10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1948)
1,000,000
26,783 (2.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVincent Zhan Silu
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Lin Jiashan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing/Xiapu (Latin: Funimen(sis), simplified Chinese: 福宁 / 霞浦; traditional Chinese: 福寧 /霞浦; pinyin: Fúníng / Xiápǔ) is a diocese located in the municipal region of Ningde (formerly Funing), in the Ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, centered in the Chinese province of Fujian.

History

Leadership

  • Bishops of Funing (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Thomas Niu Huiqing (牛會卿) (Apostolic Administrator 1948February 28, 1973)
    • Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (趙炳文) (April 11, 1946May 6, 1980)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Funingfu (福寧府) (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (later Archbishop) (May 18, 1926April 11, 1946)

References

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