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Diocese of Baoding

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan (, ) is a diocese located in the city of Baoding in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China.

History

  • February 14, 1910: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定

Special churches

  • National Shrine:
  • 中华圣母国家朝圣地<br />(National Shrine of Our Lady of China), Donglu

Leadership

  • Bishops of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Su Zhi-Ming (December 21, 1995 -)
  • Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan () (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992)
  • Bishop John Zhang Bi-de () (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13)
  • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. () (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946)
  • Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. () (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946)
  • Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. () (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. () (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)

References