Diocese of Zhoucun 周村, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Zhoucun 周村 (中文) / Chowtsun / Zhōucūn 周村 (简体中文) / Ceuzüenen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jinan 濟南

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1929.04.16: Established as Mission sui juris of Zhangdian 張店 (中文) / Changtien / Zhāngdiàn 张店 (简体中文) / de Changtien (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jinanfu 濟南府)
1932.06.01: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zhangdian 張店 (中文) / Changtien / Zhāngdiàn 张店 (简体中文) / de Changtien (Latin)
1937.05.18: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhoucun 周村 (中文) / Chowtsun / Zhōucūn 周村 (简体中文) / de Chowtsun (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Zhoucun 周村 (中文) / Chowtsun / Zhōucūn 周村 (简体中文) / Ceuzüenen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Jinan 濟南)
2023.04.20: Gained territory from Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zhoucun 周村 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) (54) (later Archbishop)
(2013.02.08 – 2024.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

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Born:	1970.04.11 (Boxing, 山東, China)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.11.15

Coadjutor Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (2010 – 2013.02.08)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (2013.02.08 – 2024.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (2024.06.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng (馬學聖)
(1997 – 2013.02.08)

Born:	1923.09.16 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.24
Died:	2013.02.08 († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1987 – 1997)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1997 – 2013.02.08)

Bishop John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢)
(1993 – 2005.01.24)

Born:	1927.04 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.02 (clandestinely)
Died:	2005.01.24 († 77)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1993 – 2005.01.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Yantai 煙台 (China) (1997 – 2005.01.24)

Archbishop Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1997.06.27▼)

Born:	1917.05.18 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.01 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1997.06.27 (Beijing, 北京, China † 80)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1958 – 1997.06.27▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1963 – 1997.06.27▼)

Bishop Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1988.09.24)

Born:	1897.08.16 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1924.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.09.21
Died:	1988.09.24 († 91)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Zhangdian 張店 (China) (1930 – 1932)

Prefect Apostolic of Zhangdian 張店 (China) (1932 – 1937.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Capitolias (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1988.09.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Zhoucun 周村 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M.
(1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Zhangdian 張店 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1932 – 1937.05.18)

(see above)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Zhangdian 張店 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1930 – 1932)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) (54) (later Archbishop) (2010 – 2013.02.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng (馬學聖) (1987 – 1997)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Zibo 淄博, Shandong

Jinan 濟南 (←), Jingxian 景縣 (↖), Tianjin 天津 (↑), Weifang 濰坊 (↘)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 5,000 km²

Population: 29,411 Catholics (1.0% of 3,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 153 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (12 diocesan, 23 religious), 25 religious (25 sisters), 15 seminarians