The Apostolic Prefecture of Xing'anfu (, ) or Apostolic Prefecture of Ankang is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction located in

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

. It depends directly on the

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and its missionary

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History

* 28 March 1928: Established as

Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

of Xing’anfu from then the Apostolic Vicariate of Hanzhong and Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu.

Prelates

* Prefects Apostolic of Xing’anfu (Roman Rite)Dioceses in China A-G
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Giovanni Soggiu Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, O.F.M.Conv. (1 Aug 1928 – 12 Nov 1930) ** Fr.

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, O.F.M.Conv. (26 Feb 1932 – 3 Sep 1940) ** Fr.

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, O.F.M.Conv. (20 Jun 1941 – 1946) ** Fr.

Pietro Maleddu Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

, O.F.M.Conv. (7 May 1948 – 1983) *** Fr.

John Baptist Ye Ronghua John Baptist Ye Ronghua (19 June 1931 – 28 August 2022) was a Chinese Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Cat ...

, administrator (1987 – 10 Dec 2000) ** Bishop

(10 Dec 2000 – 28 Aug 2022) *** Bishop John Wang Xiaoxun, coadjutor (30 Nov 2016 – 28 Aug 2022) ** Bishop John Wang Xiaoxun (since 28 Aug 2022)

References

External links

GCatholic.org

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