The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan (, ) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...

located in the city of

Baoding Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2020 census, Baoding City had 11,544,036 inhabitants, of which 2,549,787 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban distri ...

in the

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Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

in China.

History

* February 14, 1910: Established 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 Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定

Special churches

*National Shrine: **中华圣母国家朝圣地
(''National Shrine of Our Lady of China''), Donglu

Leadership

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 Baoding 保定 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Su Zhi-Ming (December 21, 1995 -) ** Bishop

Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (; December 29, 1907 – April 13, 1992) was a Chinese Roman Catholic priest and bishop who lived in China during the 20th century. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding. Early life He was born in Sia ...

() (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992) ** Bishop John Zhang Bi-de () (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13) ** Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. () (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946) ** Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006) * Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. () (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. () (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930) * Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. () (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)

References

* * Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1910 Baoding Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1910 establishments in China Christianity in Hebei {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub