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Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze]

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 11 April 1946
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hohhot [Suiyüan]
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: China
  • Square Kilometers: 250,000 (96,562 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Mission, Bishop's House, Chongli-Xiwanzi, Hohhot, China

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia
28 August 1840ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Liaotung Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu [Gansu] (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia (erected)
21 December 1883Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Mongolia Vicariate Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}
21 December 1883Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Mongolia Vicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}
14 March 1922Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale} Mission "Sui Iuris" of Outer Mongolia (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tchagar
14 March 1922Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale} Vicariate Apostolic of Tchagar
Vicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi]
3 December 1924Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Tchagar Vicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi]
8 February 1929Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] (Feng-cJieng, Leang-TcJieng, Kining, and Tao4in) Vicariate Apostolic of Tsining [Jining] (erected)
20 November 1930Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] (Hinghouo and part of Shangtu) Vicariate Apostolic of Tsining [Jining]
20 February 1941Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Tsining [Jining] (Te-hoa) Vicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi]
Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze]
11 April 1946ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze]

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze]
195040,725700,0005.8%33397256583ap1951

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Mongolia
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 130
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi]
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 33, Page 124, and Page 125
  • Diocese of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze]
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 301, to Page 313
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