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Diocese of Nanyang

The Diocese of Nanyang (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see is Nanyang, Henan. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.

History

  • 1844: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京
  • August 28, 1882: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府
  • April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanyang 南陽

Leadership

  • Bishops of Nanyang 南陽
  • Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu () (June 30, 2011 – present)
  • Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen () (1981 - 2011)
  • Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (April 11, 1946 – February 19, 1978)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府
  • Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (March 29, 1938 – April 11, 1946)
  • Bishop Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. () (June 14, 1917 – 1937)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境
  • Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. () (September 1, 1882 – December 21, 1904)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Honan 河南
  • Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. (April 8, 1856 – September 9, 1877)
  • Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. () (March 2, 1844 – 1865)

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