The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia/Yinchuan (, ) is a

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in the

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of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Suiyuan, in north(west)ern China, but depends on the missionary

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. No statistics available. Its episcopal see is the

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of the

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, located in the city of

Yinchuan Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut people, Tangut-led Western Xia, Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 C ...

Ningxia Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...

autonomous region.

History

* Established on 14 March 1922 as the

Apostolic Vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...

of Ningxia (), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia () * Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Diocese of Ningxia

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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; until 1980 European missionary members of a Latin congregation)http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ning0.htm GCatholic.org ;''Apostolic Vicars of Ningxia'' * Goffredo Frederix,

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(C.I.C.M.) () (born Belgium) (March 14, 1922–retired 1930),

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(1920.03.08–1938.06.18), initially as

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of Northern Kansu () (China) (1920.03.05–1922.03.08); died 1938 * Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. () (born Belgium) (December 21, 1931–death 13 January 1944), Titular Bishop of

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(1931.12.14–1944.01.13) * Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. () (born Belgium) (March 14, 1946–April 11, 1946 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of

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(1946.03.14–1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Ningxia'' * Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. () (''see above'' April 11, 1946–death August 26, 1980) * Joseph Ma Zhongmu () (first Chinese incumbent) (1984–2004) *''uncanonical John Baptist Liu Jing-shan'' () ''(1993–20 December 2009)'' *

Joseph Li Jing Joseph Li Jing (; born 15 November 1968) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia since December 20, 2009. Biography Li was born on November 15, 1968, in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, but originally from a Mu ...

(20 December 2009–present), succeeded as former

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of Ningxia (2007–2009).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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Catholic Church in Ningxia Yinchuan Churches in Ningxia {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub

History

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

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