Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping

Diocese of Yongping Dioecesis Iompimensis 天主教永平教区
Location
Country	China
Metropolitan	Beijing
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tangshan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Fang Jianping
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Li Shan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong/Tangshan (Latin: Iompimen(sis), Chinese: 永平, 盧龍) is a Latin Church diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. Its seat is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Yongping (now Lulong, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)

History

• Established on December 23, 1899 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (now Peking archdiocese)
• Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府
• Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東

• Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 see below), Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (December 14, 1899 – July 21, 1940)

Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府

• Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (see above December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940)
• Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of Conana (July 16, 1928 - April 11, 1946), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (July 16, 1928 – July 21, 1940)

Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平

• Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – March 6, 1948), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Calama
• Apostolic Administrator Fr. John Herrijgers, C.M. (June 4, 1948 – ?)
• Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) (1958 – death July 28, 1976)
• Paul Liu Jinghe (劉景和) (1981 – November 2010)
• Peter Fang Jianping (方建平) (2010 - present), formerly Coadjutor Bishop of Yongping

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy