Diocese of

Luliang 呂梁

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Luliang 呂梁 (中文) / Luliang / Lǚliáng 吕梁 (简体中文)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taiyuan 太原

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.10.28 – ...):Bishop Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (51)Bishop Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (冀偉忠) (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luliang 呂梁 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (51)Bishop Anthony Ji Wei-zhong (冀偉忠) (51)
(2024.10.28 – ...)

Bishop of Luliang 呂梁 (China)

Born:1973.08.03 (Wenshui, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:2001.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:2025.01.20

Priest of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (2001.10.14 – 2024.10.28)

Bishop of Luliang 呂梁 (China) (2024.10.28 – ...)

Bishops of Fenyang 汾陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Huo Cheng (霍成)
(1991 – 2023.01.02)

Born:1926.02.01 (Fenyang, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:1954.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:1991.09.04
Died:2023.01.02 (Fenyang, 山西, China † 96)

Priest of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1954.05.14 – 1991)

Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1991 – 2023.01.02)

Imprisoned 1966–1980.

Bishop Anthony Gao Yong (高庸)
(1962 – 1980.03.11)

Born:1915.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:1939.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:1962.01.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:1980.03.11 († 65)

Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1962 – 1980.03.11)

Bishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞)
(1949.06.09 – 1963)

Born:1915.10.11 (China)
Ordained Priest:1939.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:1949.08.14
Died:1970.03.25 († 54)

Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1949.06.09 – 1963)

Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文)
(1946.04.11 – 1948.01.15)

Born:1872.08.15 (China)
Ordained Priest:1903.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:1930.10.12
Died:1951.04.03 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Lampsacus (1930.07.23 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1930.07.23 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1948.01.15)

Titular Bishop of Antipatris (1948.01.15 – 1951.04.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文)
(1930.07.23 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Louis Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien) (陳國砥), O.F.M.
(1926.05.10 – 1930.03.09)

Born:1875.11.15 (China)
Ordained Priest:1903.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1926.10.28
Died:1930.03.09 († 54)

Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1926.05.10 – 1930.03.09)

Titular Bishop of Attuda (1926.07.14 – 1930.03.09)

Special Churches

Yan’an 延安 (←), Shuoxian 朔縣 (↑), Taiyuan 太原 (↗), Yuci 榆次 (→), Lu’an 潞安 (↘), Hongtong 洪洞 (↓)

Statistics (2024)

Area: 21,000 km²

Population: 21,000 Catholics (0.6% of 3,346,500 total)

Personnel: 51 priests (diocesan), 26 religious (26 sisters)

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Last updated on 2025.01.27

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