Diocese of

Haimen 海門

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Haimen 海門 (中文) / Haimen / Hǎimén 海门 (简体中文) / Hæmenen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nanjing 南京

Neighbouring Dioceses: Suzhou 蘇州 (↙), Nanjing 南京 (←), Haizhou 海州 (↖), Shanghai 上海 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Haimen 海門 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Haimen 海門 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (56)Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌) (56)
(2010.04.17 – 2023.04.04)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Adveniat regnum tuum / 爾國臨格

Born:1970.02.23 (Qidong, 江蘇, China)
Ordained Priest:1996.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:2010.04.21

Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1996.11.01 – 2010.04.17)

Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) (2010.04.17 – 2023.04.04 de facto)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) ([2023.04.04] 2023.07.15 – ...)

Bishop Mark Yuan Wen-zai (袁文宰)
(1985 – 2007.03?)

Born:1922.04.25 (China)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1989.07.21
Died:2007.03? († 84)

Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) (1985 – 2007.03?)

Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai (郁成才) ▼
(1959 – 2006.03.18▼)

Born:1917.08.27 (Shanghai, China)
Ordained Priest:1946.06
Consecrated Bishop:1959.11.15 (no papal mandate)
Died:2006.03.18 (Nantong, China † 88)

Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) (1959 – 2006.03.18▼)

Bishop Simon Chu Kai-min (朱開敏), S.J.
(1946.04.11 – 1960.02.22)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1868.10.30 (Shanghai, China)
Ordained Priest:1898.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1926.10.28
Died:1960.02.22 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Lesvi (1926.08.02 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Haimen 海門 (China) (1926.08.02 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1960.02.22)

Vicars Apostolic of Haimen 海門 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Chu Kai-min (朱開敏), S.J.
(1926.08.02 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Special Churches

Suzhou 蘇州 (↙), Nanjing 南京 (←), Haizhou 海州 (↖), Shanghai 上海 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 13,500 km²

Population: 40,149 Catholics (0.8% of 5,200,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 140 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (diocesan), 51 religious (51 sisters), 9 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Last updated on 2026.03.30

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