The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong/Hungtung (, ) is a

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located in the city of

Hongdong Hongtong County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,494 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 766,579 as ...

in the

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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 ...

. It is centered in the Chinese province of

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 ...

History

* June 17, 1932: 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 Hongdong () from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu () * April 18, 1950: Promoted as Diocese of Hongdong

Leadership

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s of Hongdong (Roman rite) *Bishop Peter Liu Gen-zhu (22 December 2020 – Present) ** Bishop Joseph Sun Yuanmo (November 7, 1920–February 23, 2006) ** Bishop Francis Han Tingbi () (April 18, 1950–December 21, 1991) * Prefects Apostolic of Hongdong (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Francis Han Tingbi () (1949–April 18, 1950) ** Fr. Joseph Gao Zong-han (Kao) () (1942–November 14, 1944) ** Fr. Peter Cheng Yu-tang (Tch’eng) () (May 24, 1932–1942)

References

GCatholic.org

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