The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan (, ) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

located in the city of

Taiyuan Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...

(

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

) in China.

History

* June 17, 1890: Established as

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 Northern Shansi 山西北境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shansi 山西 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taiyuan 太原 * August 28, 2022: The (北寒天主堂) in Taiyuan was demolished by the local authority.

Leadership

* Arch

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

s of Taiyuan (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Paul Meng Zhuyou (2013–present) ** Archbishop Sylvester Li Jian-tang (1994–2013) ** Archbishop Benedict Bonaventura Zhang Xin (1981–1994) ** Archbishop Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. (李路加) (April 11, 1946 – 1983) * Vicars Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. (李路加) (later Archbishop) (January 12, 1940 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, O.F.M. (鳳朝瑞) (December 3, 1924 – 1938) * Vicars Apostolic of Northern Shansi 山西北境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, O.F.M. (鳳朝瑞) (July 7, 1916 – December 3, 1924) ** Bishop

Eugenio Massi Eugenio Massi (; 13 August 1875 – 10 December 1944) was an Italian Catholic missionary prelate and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan from 1910 to 1916 and apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou ...

, O.F.M. (希賢) (February 15, 1910 – July 7, 1916) ** Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, O.F.M. (鳳朝瑞) (March 16, 1902 – November 18, 1909) **

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Bishop

Gregorio Maria Grassi Gregory Mary Grassi, O.F.M., (in Italian language Gregorio Maria Grassi) (13 December 1833 – 9 July 1900) was an Italian Franciscan friar and bishop who is honored as a Catholic martyr and saint. He is one of the 120 Martyrs of China who wer ...

, O.F.M. (艾士杰) (June 17, 1890 – July 19, 1900)

Suffragan dioceses

* Datong 大同 * Fenyang 汾陽 * Hongdong 洪洞 * Lu’an 潞安 * Shuozhou 朔州 * Yuci 榆次

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

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