The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh (, ) is a

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...

Latin

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 ...

in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...

Kaifeng Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...

in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary

Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP; ) was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for missionary work and related activities. It is also known by its former title, the Sacred Congrega ...

. Its

cathedral A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually s ...

episcopal see is Cathedral of the

Sacred Heart of Jesus The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus () is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This devotion to Christ is p ...

(South Church), located in the city of

Shangqiu Shangqiu ( zh, ), Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast ...

商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh), in

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province. No statistics available. It is vacant, without

apostolic administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

, since 2009.

History

* Established June 19, 1928 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 Guide 歸德/ de Kweiteh (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 (now its Metropolitan) * Promoted on May 18, 1937 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 Guide 歸德 * Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Shangqiu/Guide 歸德 / Cœiteven(sis) (Latin)

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

Roman rite The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ...

, so far members of a missionary Latin Congregation) ;''Apostolic Prefect of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德 '' * father Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate,

Order of Saint Augustine The Order of Saint Augustine (), abbreviated OSA, is a mendicant order, mendicant catholic religious order, religious order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who ...

(O.A.R.) (born Spain) (8 January 1929 – 18 May 1937 ''see below'') ;''Apostolic Vicar of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德 '' * Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (''see above'' 18 May 1937 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Chusira The Diocese of Cusira is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Cusira was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena, and is identifiable with Kessera ( Kesra) in the Siliana Governorate modern Tunisia. Cusira was on the ...

(1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Shangqiu/Guide '' * Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – retired 11 December 1947), emeritate as

Remesiana Remesiana (Byzantine Greek: Ρεμεσιανισία) was an ancient Roman city and former bishopric, which remains an Eastern Orthodox and also a Latin Catholic titular see, located around and under the modern city of Bela Palanka in Serbia. R ...

(1947.12.11 – death 1976.09.06) * Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares, O.A.R. (born Spain) (10 November 1949 – death 21 November 1970) * Nicholas Shi Jing-xian, O.S.A. (first China-born incumbent) (1991 - ''uncanonical since 1999 - death 2001'') * vacancy.

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub

History

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

Sources and external links