Diocese of

Zhengzhou 鄭州

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Zhengzhou 鄭州 (中文) / Chengchow / Zhèngzhōu 郑州 (简体中文) / Cemceuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaifeng 開封

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.16 – ...):Bishop Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (58)Bishop Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝) (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (58)Bishop Thaddeus Wang Yue-sheng (王躍勝) (58)
(2023.12.16 – ...)

Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Born:1966.02.27 (Zhumadian, 河南, China)
Ordained Priest:1993.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:2024.01.25

Priest of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1993.10.17 – 2023.12.16)

Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (2023.12.16 – ...)

Bishop Faustino M. Tissot (丁玉守), S.X.
(1946.05.10 – 1983)

Born:1901.05.22 (Transacqua, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1926.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:1946.06.23
Died:1991.08.19 (Parma, Italy † 90)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1946 – 1947)

Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1946.05.10 – 1983)

Vicars Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X.
(1924.12.03 – 1944.10.22)

Born:1879.07.26 (Roccaprebalza di Berceto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1902.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1912.04.12
Died:1944.10.22 (Zhengzhou, 河南, China † 65)

Prefect Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (China) (1906.06.23 – 1911.05.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (China) (1911.05.02 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Termessus (1911.09.18 – 1944.10.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1944.10.22)

Vicars Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X.
(1911.05.02 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Western Honan 河南西境 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X. (later Bishop)
(1906.06.23 – 1911.05.02)

(see above)

Special Churches

Nanyang 南陽 (↙), Luoyang 洛陽 (←), Xinxiang 新鄉 (↑), Kaifeng 開封 (→), Zhumadian 駐馬店 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 18,000 km²

Population: 20,514 Catholics (0.5% of 4,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 17 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (13 diocesan, 11 religious), 63 religious (1 brother, 62 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

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