Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hangzhou 杭州, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Hangzhou 杭州 (中文) / Hangchow / Hángzhōu 杭州 (简体中文) / Hamceuven(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Linhai 臨海, Lishui 麗水, Ningbo 寧波, Yongjia 永嘉

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tunxi 屯溪 (↙), Yujiang 餘江 (↙), Wuhu 蕪湖 (←), Nanjing 南京 (↖), Suzhou 蘇州 (↑), Shanghai 上海 (↗), Ningbo 寧波 (→), Lishui 麗水 (↓), Jian’ou 建甌 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Hangzhou 杭州 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1910.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Chekiang 浙江西境 (中文) / Ce-kiam Occidentale / Western Zhèjiāng 浙江西境 (简体中文) / Ce-kiam occidentalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang 浙江)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hangzhou 杭州 (中文) / Hangchow / Hángzhōu 杭州 (简体中文) / de Hangchow (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hangzhou 杭州 (中文) / Hangchow / Hángzhōu 杭州 (简体中文) / Hamceuven(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Linhai 臨海 and Ningbo 寧波)
1948.05.13: Gained suffragan see Lishui 麗水
1949.03.03: Gained suffragan see Yongjia 永嘉

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.06.12 – ...):

Archbishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) (55)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Hangzhou 杭州 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) (55)
(2024.06.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

人子不是來受服侍，而是來服侍人

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 – ...)

Archbishop Matthew Cao Xiang-de (曹湘德)
(2000 – 2021.07.09▼)

Born:	1929.09.16 (唐镇, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:	1985.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.06.25 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2021.07.09 (Hangzhou, 浙江, China † 91)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (2000 – 2021.07.09▼)

Archbishop John Zhu Feng-qing (朱峰青) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1988 – 1997.12.12▼)

Born:	1922 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.11.27 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1997.12.12 († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1988 – 1997.12.12▼)

Archbishop Matthias Wu Guo-huan (吳國煥) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1987▼)

Born:	1895 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1920
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.04.27 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1990.01.03 (Mapeng, China † 94)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1958 – 1987▼)

Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier (梅占魁), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1956.04.02)

Lauretanæ sub tutela Matris ad te concordi tendit impulsu

Born:	1886.02.13 (Saint-Michel-Lapujade, France)
Ordained Priest:	1912.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.05.30
Died:	1956.04.02 (Le Bouscat, France † 70)

Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia (1937.02.18 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1937.02.18 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1956.04.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier (梅占魁), C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1937.02.18 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-Albert Faveau (田法服), C.M.
(1910.05.10 – 1937.02.18)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me Monstra te esse Matrem

Born:	1859.04.06 (Crochte, France)
Ordained Priest:	1886.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.10.02
Died:	1949.03.23 (Kashing, China † 89)

Titular Bishop of Tamasus (1910.05.10 – 1937.02.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1910.05.10 – 1937.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Tunxi 屯溪 (↙), Yujiang 餘江 (↙), Wuhu 蕪湖 (←), Nanjing 南京 (↖), Suzhou 蘇州 (↑), Shanghai 上海 (↗), Ningbo 寧波 (→), Lishui 麗水 (↓), Jian’ou 建甌 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 34,000 km²

Population: 27,003 Catholics (0.4% of 6,467,246 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 62 priests (30 diocesan, 32 religious), 120 religious (120 sisters), 2 seminarians