Roman Catholic Diocese of Bengbu
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Diocese of Bengbu Dioecesis Pampuvensis 蚌埠教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Ecclesiastical province | Anqing |
Metropolitan | Anqing |
Statistics | |
Area | 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 9,000,000 64,334 (0.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 21 February 1929 (As Vicariate Apostolic of Pengpu) 11 April 1946 (As Diocese of Bengbu) |
Cathedral | Bengbu Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede Vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bengbu (Latin: Pampuven(sis), Chinese: 蚌埠) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Anqing in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its episcopal see is a cathedral in the city of Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui province. It is vacant, without apostolic administrator since 2005.
No recent statistics available.
History
[edit]- Established on 21 February 1929 as Apostolic Vicariate of Bengbu 蚌埠, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖
- 11 April 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Bengbu 蚌埠 (中文) / Pengpu / Pampuven(sis) (Latin adjective)
Episcopal ordinaries
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- Apostolic Vicars of Bengbu 蚌埠 (Roman Rite)
- Tommaso Berutti, Jesuit Order (S.J.) (Italian) (19 December 1929 – retired 1933), Titular Bishop of Cusæ (1929.12.19 – death 1975.01.21)
- Cipriano Cassini, S.J. (Italian) (15 January 1937 – 11 April 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Drivastum (1936.12.23 – 1946.04.11)
- Suffragan Bishops of Bengbu 蚌埠
- Cipriano Cassini, S.J. (see above 11 April 1946 – 11 June 1951)
- uncanonical : Zhou Yi-zhai (周益齋) (1958 without papal mandate – death 1983.10.26)
- Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇) (1986 – 2001), also Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Anqing 安慶 (China) (1997 – 2001), Apostolic Administrator of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (1997 – 2005.02.26); later Metropolitan Archbishop of above Anqing 安慶 (2001 – 2005.02.26)
- Apostolic Administrator Father Xu Qin-zhong (許欽忠), S.J. (1997 – 2005), no other prelature.
See also
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