The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun (, ) 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 Qizhou (in modern Hubei) in the

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Hankou Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers w ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

History

* July 18, 1929: Established as

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of Huangzhou 黃州 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口 * June 1, 1932: Promoted 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 Huangzhou 黃州 * January 27, 1936: Promoted 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 Qizhou 蘄州 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Qizhou 蘄州

Leadership

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s of Qizhou 蘄州 (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Horace Ferruccio Ceól Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC),Suetonius, Life of Horace commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The r ...

, O.F.M. (June 10, 1948 – June 23, 1990) * Vicars Apostolic of Qizhou 蘄州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. (January 27, 1936 – 1941)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1929 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Hubei {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub