Diocese of Ningxia 寧夏, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ningxia 寧夏 (中文) / Yinchuan 銀川 (中文) / Ningsia / Níngxià 寧夏 (简体中文) / Yínchuān 銀川 (简体中文) / Nimsciian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Suiyuan 綏遠

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1922.03.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia 寧夏 (中文) / Ninghsia / Níngxià 寧夏 (简体中文) / de Ninghsia (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Ningxia 寧夏 (中文) / Yinchuan 銀川 (中文) / Ningsia / Níngxià 寧夏 (简体中文) / Yínchuān 銀川 (简体中文) / Nimsciian(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Suiyuan 綏遠)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.12.20 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Li Jing (李晶) (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ningxia 寧夏 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Li Jing (李晶) (56)
(2009.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

Fiat voluntas tua / 承行主旨

Born:	1968.11.15 (Bameng, China)
Ordained Priest:	1996.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.12.21

Coadjutor Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (2007 – 2009)

Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (2009.12.20 – ...)

Bishop John Baptist Liu Jing-shan (劉靜山)
(1993 – 2009.12.20▼)

Born:	1913.10.24 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1942.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.08.01
Died:	2013.02.04 († 99)

Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1993 – 2009.12.20▼)

Bishop Joseph Ma Zhong-mu (馬仲牧)
(1983 – 2005)

Born:	1919.11.01 (鄂爾多斯市鄂托克前旗城川鎮, 內蒙, China)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.11.08 (clandestinely)
Died:	2020.03.25 (鄂爾多斯市鄂托克前旗城川鎮, 內蒙, China † 100)

Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1983 – 2005)

Bishop Charles Joseph van Melckebeke (王守禮), C.I.C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1980.08.26)

In invio flumina

Born:	1898.06.19 (Sint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1922.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.05.30
Died:	1980.08.26 (Singapore † 82)

Titular Bishop of Sufes (1946.03.14 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1946.03.14 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1980.08.26)

Religious of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists). Apostolic Visitor overseas Chinese 1953-1970.

Vicars Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Charles Joseph van Melckebeke (王守禮), C.I.C.M.
(1946.03.14 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Gaspare Schotte (石揚休), C.I.C.M.
(1931.12.21 – 1944.01.13)

Docentes populum

Born:	1881.10.09 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1907.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.04.10
Died:	1944.01.13 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Petinessus (1931.12.14 – 1944.01.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1931.12.21 – 1944.01.13)

Bishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M.
(1922.03.14 – 1930.03.21)

Albæ jam ad messem

Born:	1866.07.19 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.29
Died:	1938.06.18 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China) (1920.03.05 – 1922.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1920.03.08 – 1938.06.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1922.03.14 – 1930.03.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Li Jing (李晶) (56) (2007 – 2009)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia

Lanzhou 蘭州 (↙), Ulaanbaatar (↑), Suiyuan 綏遠 (↗), Yan’an 延安 (↘), Pingliang 平涼 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 200,000 km²

Population: 35,313 Catholics (3.5% of 1,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes, 79 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (34 diocesan, 16 religious), 67 religious (67 sisters), 12 seminarians