Diocese of Fushun

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun (, ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in PR China.

Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in the city of Fushun.

History

• Established on February 4, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽
• Promoted on February 13, 1940 as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順
• April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fushun 撫順, ending its missionary exempt, pre-diocesan status, yet it still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

• Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (April 14, 1932 – February 13, 1940 see below)

• Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above February 13, 1940 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Hypæpa (1940.02.13 – 1946.04.11)

• Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – August 7, 1946); later Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1946.08.07 – retired 1956.08.06)
• Vacant since 7 August 1946, without Apostolic Administrator.

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with titular incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy