Diocese of

Fengxiang 鳳翔

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fengxiang 鳳翔 (中文) / Fengsiang / Fèngxiáng 凤翔 (简体中文) / Fomsiamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Xi’an 西安

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1932.11.15: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (中文) / Fengsiangfu / Fèngxiángfǔ 凤翔府 (简体中文) / de Fengsiangfu (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府)
1942.06.09: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (中文) / Fengsiangfu / Fèngxiángfǔ 凤翔府 (简体中文) / de Fengsiangfu (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (中文) / Fengsiang / Fèngxiáng 凤翔 (简体中文) / Fomsiamen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Xi’an 西安)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.17 – ...):	Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (59)
Bishop (2020.06 – ...▼):	Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (59)
(2020.06 – ...▼)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) ▼
Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

Restaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1965.11.10 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1991.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.13 (clandestinely)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (2010 – 2017.11.17)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (2017.11.17 – ...)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (2020.06 – ...▼)

Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (59)
(2017.11.17 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Luke Li Jing-feng (李鏡峰)
(1983.02.14 – 2017.11.17)

In nomine Domini

Born:	1922.02.26 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.04.25
Died:	2017.11.17 († 95)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1980 – 1983.02.14)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1983.02.14 – 2017.11.17)

Bishop Anthony Zhou Wei-dao (周維道), O.F.M.
(1950.05.31 – 1979)

Born:	1905.05.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1930.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.10.01
Died:	1983.02.20 († 77)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1950.05.31 – 1979)

Bishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1949.10.04)

Born:	1892.03.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1920.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.09.20
Died:	1949.10.04 († 57)

Prefect Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (China) (1933.10.26 – 1942.06.09)

Titular Bishop of Athribis (1942.06.09 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (China) (1942.06.09 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1949.10.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M.
(1942.06.09 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1933.10.26 – 1942.06.09)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (59) (2010 – 2017.11.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter Zhang Zhi-yong (張志勇) (93) (2002 – 2010)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Luke Li Jing-feng (李鏡峰) (1980 – 1983.02.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Fengxiang 凤翔, Shaanxi

Qinzhou 秦州 (←), Pingliang 平涼 (↑), Sanyuan 三原 (→), Zhouzhi 盩厔 (→), Hanzhong 漢中 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 12,000 km²

Population: 8,504 Catholics (0.9% of 1,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 42 missions

Personnel: 30 priests (8 diocesan, 22 religious), 8 religious (8 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.18

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