Diocese of Zhouzhi 盩厔, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Zhouzhi 盩厔 (中文) / Chowchich / Zhōuzhì 盩厔 (简体中文) / Ceuceven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Xi’an 西安

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

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History

1932.06.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (中文) / Chowchich / Zhōuzhì 盩厔 (简体中文) / de Chowchich (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府)
1951.05.10: Promoted as Diocese of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (中文) / Chowchich / Zhōuzhì 盩厔 (简体中文) / Ceuceven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Xi’an 西安)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬) (56)
Bishop (2015.07 – ...▼):	Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬) (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬) (56)
(2015.07 – ...▼)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) ▼
Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China)

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Born:	1968.11.11 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1996.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.19 (clandestinely)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (2005 – ...)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (2015.07 – ...▼)

Bishop Joseph Wu Qin-jing (吳欽敬) (56)
(2005 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Alphonsus Yang Guang-yan (楊廣彥)
(1995 – 2004.09.04)

Born:	1928.09.09 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1955.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.17
Died:	2004.09.04 († 75)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1995 – 2004.09.04)

Bishop Paul Fan Yu-fei (范宇飛)
(1982 – 1984)

Born:	1931.07.26 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1979.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.25
Died:	1995.04.05 († 63)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1982 – 1984)

Bishop Louis Li Bo-yu (李伯漁)
(1951.05.10 – 1980.02.08)

Born:	1908.06.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1933.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.08.05
Died:	1980.02.08 († 71)

Bishop of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1951.05.10 – 1980.02.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一)
(1941.05.30 – 1951)

Born:	1898 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1922.10.04
Died:	1951 († 53)

Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1941.05.30 – 1951)

Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1943.01.19 – 1945.03)

Fr. John Zhang Zhi-nan (Tchang) (張指南)
(1932.06.14 – 1940.07.01)

Born:	1872.10.09 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1899.12.08
Died:	1940.07.01 († 67)

Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1932.06.14 – 1940.07.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Sanmenshizi Cathedral), Zhouzhi 周至, Shaanxi

Hanzhong 漢中 (↙), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (←), Sanyuan 三原 (↗), Xi’an 西安 (→), Xing’anfu 興安府 (↘)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 15,000 km²

Population: 23,656 Catholics (2.3% of 1,020,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes, 23 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (21 diocesan, 3 religious), 22 religious (10 brothers, 12 sisters), 9 seminarians