Roman Catholic Diocese of Hsinchu
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
|
Diocese of Hsinchu
Dioecesis Hsinchuensis
天主教新竹教區
|
|
|---|---|
| 230px
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
|
|
| Location | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
| Metropolitan | Taipei |
| Statistics | |
| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 3,308,629 52,565 (1.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 21 March 1961 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception in Hsinchu |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Baptist Lee Keh-mien |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | John Hung Shan-chuan |
| Emeritus Bishops | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang Bishop Emeritus (1983-2004) James Liu Tan-kuei Bishop Emeritus (2004-2005) |
| Map | |
| File:Taiwan - Diocesi di Hsinchu.png | |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hsinchu (Lat: Dioecesis Hsinchuensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Erected as the Diocese of Hsinchu in 1962, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is John Baptist Lee Keh-mien, appointed in November 2006.
Ordinaries
- Petrus Pao-Zin Tou † (21 Mar 1961 Appointed - 29 Jun 1983 Resigned)
- Lucas Liu Hsien-tang (29 Jun 1983 Succeeded - 4 Dec 2004 Retired)
- James Liu Tan-kuei (4 Dec 2004 Appointed - 30 May 2005 Resigned)
- John Baptist Lee Keh-mien (6 Apr 2006 Appointed - )
See also
