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Diocese of Tainan

Dioecesis Tainanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M., Bishop
  • Bosco Lin Chi-nan, Bishop Emeritus
  • John Lee Juo-Wang, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 March 1961
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Taipei
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Square Kilometers: 303 (117 Square Miles)
  • Description: Sub-Prefecture of Tainan and Pescadores Island
  • Official Web Site: https://www.catholic-tainan.org/
  • Mailing Address: 15 Ch'angyoung, Lou-2, Tainan 70127, Taiwan
  • Telephone: (06)237-5761
  • Fax: 209-2813

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 March 1961ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Kaohsiung (Sub-Prefecture of Tainan and Pescadores Island) Diocese of Tainan (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197019,4291,390,0401.4%3929682853812057ap1971
198015,2031,635,966.9%293059257377155ap1981
199016,2121,790,981.9%342357284338446ap1991
199916,5201,913,301.9%292453311276853ap2000
200016,5361,920,796.9%252651324266853ap2001
200116,5361,842,560.9%242751324277154ap2002
200216,4731,927,836.9%372966249686155ap2003
200316,4981,865,616.9%362864257627654ap2004
200414,4481,856,334.8%303565222497244ap2005
20109,4341,873,226.5%253257165327544ap2011
20148,5771,883,225.5%163248178326544ap2015
20176,4062,005,000.3%213051125307346ap2018
20206,9821,981,974.4%303666105406832ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 136, and Page 137

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