The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanzhou/Yenchow (, ) 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 Yanzhou (

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

) 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 ...

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

in China. The cathedral is now in the hands of the Patriotic Church of China.

History

* December 2, 1885: Established as

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of Southern Shantung 山東南境 from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Shantung The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan (, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Jinan (Shandong) in China. History * September 3, 1839: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Shantung from the Diocese of Beijing * December 2, 1885: Renamed ...

山東 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兖州府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yanzhou 兖州

Leadership

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s of Yanzhou 兖州 (Roman rite) ** Bishop John Lu Pei-sen, (2011–present) ** Bishop Thomas Zhao Fengwu, S.V.D. (1993 - 2005) ** Bishop Theodore Schu, S.V.D. (舒德祿) (April 11, 1946 – August 24, 1965) * Vicars Apostolic of Yanzhoufu 兖州府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Theodore Schu, S.V.D. (舒德祿) (November 19, 1936 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. (August 7, 1904 – June 1935) * Vicars Apostolic of Southern Shantung 山東南境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop

Johann Baptist von Anzer Johann Baptist Anzer (later von Anzer, ), S.V.D., (16 May 1851 – 24 November 1903) was a member of the Society of the Divine Word, popularly known as the Divine Word Missionaries, and Catholic bishop of the German Mission to China in Sha ...

, S.V.D. (January 4, 1886 – November 24, 1903)

References

GCatholic.org

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