The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhouzhi/Chowchich (; ) is a

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located in

Zhouzhi Zhouzhi County () is a county under the administration of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, China. It is the most spacious but least densely populated county-level division of Xi'an, and also contains the city's southernmost and westernmost ...

(

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

) in the

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Xi’an Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern Chin ...

in China.

History

* June 17, 1932: Established as the

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of Zhouzhi 盩厔 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府 * May 10, 1951: Promoted as Diocese of Zhouzhi 盩厔

Leadership

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s of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph Wu Qinjing (2005–present) ** Bishop Alphonsus Yang Guang-yan (1995 - 2005) ** Bishop Paul Fan Yu-fei (1982 - 1984) ** Bishop

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(李伯漁) (May 10, 1951 – February 8, 1980) * Prefects Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (Roman Rite) ** Fr. John Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一) (May 30, 1941 – 1951) ** Fr. John Zhang Zhi-nan (Tchang) (張指南) (June 14, 1932 – 1940)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1932 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Christianity in Shaanxi Zhouzhi County {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub