Diocese of

Pingliang 平涼

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pingliang 平涼 (中文) / Pingliang / Píngliáng 平凉 (简体中文) / Pimliamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lanzhou 蘭州

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (1996 – ...):Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (84)Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (84)
Bishop (1999 – ...):Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (84)Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (84)
Coadjutor Bishop (2021.01.11 – ...):Bishop Anthony Li Hui (52)Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pingliang 平涼 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (84)Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (84)
(1999 – ...)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)
Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Born:1940.06.04 (China)
Ordained Priest:1985.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1996.09.19 (clandestinely)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1996 – ...)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1999 – ...)

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (84)Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (84)
(1996 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Philippe Ma Ji (馬驥)
(1987 – 1999.02.11)

Born:1918.10.07 (China)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1987.03.16
Died:1999.02.11 († 80)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1987 – 1999.02.11)

Bishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap.
(1950.06.24 – 1975.02.18)

Born:1892.10.04 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1919.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1950.10.01
Died:1975.02.18 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1930.04.29 – 1950.06.24)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1950.06.24 – 1975.02.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Pingliang 平涼 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1930.04.29 – 1950.06.24)

(see above)

Special Churches

Qinzhou 秦州 (↙), Lanzhou 蘭州 (←), Ningxia 寧夏 (↑), Yan’an 延安 (↗), Sanyuan 三原 (↘), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 54,005 km²

Population: 4,701 Catholics (0.3% of 1,350,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 missions

Personnel: 16 priests (2 diocesan, 14 religious), 17 religious (17 sisters), 13 seminarians

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