Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi
Appearance
Diocese of Chiayi Dioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區 | |
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Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Territory | Chiayi and counties of Chiayi and Yunlin |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Metropolitan | Taipei |
Archdeaconries | 7 |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%) |
Members | 7,058 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City |
Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 20 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Nobert Pasuya Poicong Ü |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 天主教嘉義教區 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 天主教嘉義教区 | ||||||||||||||||
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Latin name | |||||||||||||||||
Latin | Dioecesis Kiayiensis |
The Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.
Ordinaries
[edit]- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (21 May 1970 Appointed – 14 Dec 1974 Appointed, Bishop of Hwalien)
- Joseph Ti-kang (21 Jun 1975 Appointed – 3 May 1985 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Taipei)
- Joseph Lin Thien-chu † (25 Nov 1985 Appointed – 4 Mar 1994 Died)
- Peter Liu Cheng-chung (1 Jul 1994 Appointed – 5 Jul 2004 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung)
- John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. (16 Jan 2006 Appointed – 9 Nov 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Thomas Chung An-Zu (24 Jan 2008 Appointed – 23 May 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Norbert Pasuya Poicong Ü Pu Ying-hsiung (15 Feb 2022 Appointed – present)
See also
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