Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Chiayi 嘉義 (中文) / Kiayi / Jiāyì 嘉义 (简体中文) / Kiayien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Address: 502 Taya Road Sec. 2, Chiayi 600, Taiwan
Phone: +886 (5) 2766371
Bishop (2022.02.15 – ...): | Bishop Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung (浦英雄) (66) |
Bishops of Chiayi 嘉義 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung (浦英雄) (66) Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan)
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Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu (鍾安住) (72) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)
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Bishop John Hung Shan-chuan (洪山川), S.V.D. (80) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)
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Bishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung (劉振忠) (73) (later Archbishop) Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan)
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Bishop Joseph Lin Thien-chu (林天助)
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Bishop Joseph Ti Kang (狄剛) (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen (賈彥文) (later Archbishop) Non ministrari sed ministrare / 求為人役
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Bishop Paul Cheng Shi-guang (Ch’eng Shih-kuang) (成世光) | ||||||||||
Bishop Thomas Niu Hui-qing (牛會卿) |
Area: 3,253 km²
Population: 8,818 Catholics (0.6% of 1,415,544 total)
Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 7 missions
Personnel: 38 priests (20 diocesan, 18 religious), 117 religious (18 brothers, 99 sisters), 3 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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