Jinan [Tsinan] (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Joseph Zhang Xianwang, Archbishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 11 April 1946
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: China
Square Kilometers: 25,000 (9,656 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Catholic Mission, Kao-Tu-Sih-Hsiang, Jinan, Shandong, China

Historical Details

Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong)
- Latin Name: Scian-Ton
- Erected: 3 September 1839
- Vicariate
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}
- Latin Name: Scian-Ton Septentrionalis
- Name Changed: 8 January 1886
- Vicariate
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu
- Latin Name: de Tsinanfu
- Name Changed: 3 December 1924
- Vicariate
- Country: China

Past and Present Ordinaries

Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (10 Jan 1840 Appointed - 3 Jun 1848 Resigned)
Luigi Carlo Antonio Moccagatta, O.F.M. Obs. † (9 Jul 1848 Appointed - 27 Sep 1870 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si))
Annibale Fantoni, O.F.M. † (19 Sep 1848 Appointed - 11 Jul 1882 Died)
Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. † (27 Sep 1870 Succeeded - 12 Jan 1885 Died)
Beniamino Geremia, O.F.M. Obs. † (10 Feb 1885 Appointed - 29 Dec 1888 Died)
Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. † (13 Feb 1889 Appointed - 30 Aug 1901 Died)
Ephrem Giesen, O.F.M. † (23 Jul 1902 Appointed - 6 Aug 1919 Died)
Adalbert Schmücker, O.F.M. † (19 Aug 1920 Appointed - 8 Aug 1927 Died)
Damaszen Herkenrath, O.F.M. † ( 1927 Appointed - 1929 Resigned)
Cyril Rudolph Jarre, O.F.M. † (18 May 1929 Appointed - 8 Mar 1952 Died)
[ Dong Wen-long] † (1 Jun 1958 Ordained Bishop - 1978 Died)
[Joseph Zhong Huai-de] † ( 1980 Appointed - 27 Jun 1997 Died)
[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] † (Jul 1997 Appointed - 18 May 2008 Died)
Joseph Zhang Xianwang (19 May 2008 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong)
3 September 1839	Erected	Diocese of Peking [Beijing]	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong) (erected)
2 January 1884	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong)	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}
8 January 1886	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong)	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}
22 February 1894	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}	Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Shantung {Scian-Ton Orientale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu
3 December 1924	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu
16 April 1929	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu (Suimin, Loling, Yangsin, Eaifeng (or Wuti), Chanhwa, Pirihsien, Litsing, Tsingcheng, Putai, Tsitung, Changshan, Ewàntai, Tsowping, and Tzechwan)	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Changtien (erected)
5 April 1931	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu (Lintsing, Kwantao, Kwanhsien, Kiuhsien, Wucheng, Siatsing, Tungchang, Tangyi, Sinksien, Cheping, Tsingping, Poping, and Kaotang)	Prefecture Apostolic of Linqing [Lintsing] (erected)
Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan]
11 April 1946	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Tsinanfu	Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan]
20 April 2023	Territory Added	Prefecture Apostolic of Yiduxian [Iduhsien] (suppressed)	Diocese of Zhoucun [Chowtsun] (Neighborhoods of Boshane di Linzi and the counties of Guangrao, Boxing, and Gaoqing) Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan] (Eastern part of the Laiwu neighborhoods) Diocese of Weifang (erected) (Neighborhoods of Weicheng, Hanting, Fangzi, and Kuiwen; municipal development “zones”; Linju and Changle counties; and the cities of Qingzhou, Zhucheng, Shouguang, Anqiu, Gaomi, and Changyi)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Jinan [Tsinan]

1950 44,016 5,000,000 .9% 19 65 84 524 79 28 ap2002