Diocese of Baoding 保定, China

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Baoding 保定 (中文) / Qingyuan 青苑 (中文) / Ching-Yüan / Paotíng / Bǎodìng 保定 (简体中文) / Qīngyuàn 青苑 (简体中文) / Paotimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1910.02.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (中文) / Ce-Li Centrale (Italiano) / Central Zhílì 直隶中境 (简体中文) / Ce-li centralis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境)
1924.04.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lixian 蠡縣
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府 (中文) / Paotingfu / Bǎodìngfǔ 保定府 (简体中文) / de Paotingfu (Latin)
1929.05.25: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Yixian 易縣
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定 (中文) / Qingyuan 青苑 (中文) / Ching-Yüan / Paotíng / Bǎodìng 保定 (简体中文) / Qīngyuàn 青苑 (简体中文) / Paotimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Beijing 北京)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1993.05.02 – ...):	Bishop James Su Zhi-min (蘇哲民) (92)
Bishop (2010.08.07 – ...▼):	Bishop Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新) (75)
Coadjutor Bishop (2007 – ...):	Bishop Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新) (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Baoding 保定 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新) (75)
(2010.08.07 – ...▼)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) ▼
Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Born:	1949.07.16 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1981.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.05.02 (clandestinely)

Priest of Baoding 保定 (China) (1981.01.07 – 1993)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1993 – 2007)

Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (2007 – ...)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (2010.08.07 – ...▼)

Bishop James Su Zhi-min (蘇哲民) (92)
(1993.05.02 – ...)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

Born:	1932.07.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1981.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.02 (clandestinely)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1988 – 1993.05.02)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1993.05.02 – ...)

Bishop Peter Chen Jian-zhang (陳建章)
(1992 – 1994.12.23)

Born:	1920.03.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.04.20
Died:	1994.12.23 († 74)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1983 – 1992)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1992 – 1994.12.23)

Bishop Matthew Pan De-shi (潘德世) ▼
(1991 – 2005.12.03▼)

Born:	1924.10.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1950
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.12.08 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2005.12.03 († 81)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1991 – 2005.12.03▼)

Bishop Peter Chen Jian-zhang (陳建章)
(1983 – 1992)

Born:	1920.03.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.04.20
Died:	1994.12.23 († 74)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1983 – 1992)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1992 – 1994.12.23)

Bishop John Wang Qi-wei (王其威) ▼
(1958 – ?▼)

Born:	1921 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.07.20 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1997 († 76)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1958 – ?▼)

Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xue-yan (范學淹)
(1951.04.12 – 1992.04.16)

Born:	1907.12.29 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1934.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.06.24
Died:	1992.04.16 († 84)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1951.04.12 – 1992.04.16)

Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1892.01.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.08.02
Died:	1972 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Cratia (1931.03.26 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (China) (1931.03.26 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1972)

Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1931.03.26 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-Leon-Cornelius Montaigne (滿德胎), C.M.
(1924.12.18 – 1930.01.25)

Born:	1883.08.29 (Terdeghem, France)
Ordained Priest:	1907.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.04.19
Died:	1962.01.09 (Paris, France † 78)

Titular Bishop of Sidyma (1924.11.25 – 1962.01.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (China) (1924.12.18 – 1930.01.25)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China) (1930.01.25 – 1933.01.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China) (1933.01.27 – 1946.04.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues (富成功), C.M.
(1910.02.19 – 1923.06.12)

Born:	1872.11.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1896.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.22
Died:	1928.11.24 († 55)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (China) (1910.02.19 – 1923.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Alalis (1910.02.19 – 1928.11.24)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Beijing 北京 (China) (1923.06.12 – 1928.11.24)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Zhu You-san (朱友三) ▼ (1984 – 1988.12.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Su Chang-shan (蘇長山) ▼ (2000 – 2006.12.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis An Shu-xin (安樹新) (75) (1993 – 2007)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Su Zhi-min (蘇哲民) (92) (1988 – 1993.05.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Shi Chun-jie (史純潔) (1987 – 1991.11.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Baoding 保定, Hebei
National Shrine: National Shrine of Our Lady of China, Donglu 东闾村, Hebei
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Zhengding 正定 (↙), Yixian 易縣 (↑), Beijing 北京 (↗), Anguo 安國 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 12,000 km²

Population: 78,601 Catholics (3.9% of 2,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 43 missions

Personnel: 68 priests (diocesan), 59 religious (59 sisters), 1 seminarian