Diocese of Hsinchu 新竹, Taiwan 🇹🇼

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hsinchu 新竹 (正體中文) / Xīnzhú 新竹 (简体中文) / Hsinchuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1961.03.21: Established as Diocese of Hsinchu 新竹 (正體中文) / Xīnzhú 新竹 (简体中文) / Hsinchuen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei 臺北 and became suffragan of Taipei 臺北)

Contact Info

Address: 156-1 Chungcheng Rd., Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

Phone: +886 (3) 5254198

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.04.06 – ...):

Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien (李克勉) (66)

President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hsinchu 新竹 (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien (李克勉) (66)
(2006.04.06 – ...)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)
President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference

共融福傳 / Communio evangelizare

Born:	1958.08.23 (臺南, 臺南市, Taiwan)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.24

Priest of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1990.05.27 – 2006.04.06)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (2006.04.06 – ...)

President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference (2020.05.25 [2020.07.01] – ...)

Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (鄭再發)
(Apostolic Administrator 2005.05.30 – 2006.04.06)

Bishop James Liu Tan-kuei (劉丹桂) (72)
(2004.12.04 – 2005.05.30)

Bishop emeritus of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

Justice and love

Born:	1953.06.11 (東勢鎮, 臺中縣, Taiwan)
Ordained Priest:	1981.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.08.14

Priest of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1981.11.12 – 1999.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Accia (1999.05.18 – 2004.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1999.05.18 – 2004.12.04)

General Secretary of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference (2003.04.25 – 2004.08.01)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (2004.12.04 – 2005.05.30)

Bishop Lucas Liu Hsien-tang (劉獻堂) (96)
(1983.06.29 – 2004.12.04)

Bishop emeritus of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1928.12.21 (獻縣, 河北, China)
Ordained Priest:	1956.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.01.01

Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1956.11.30 – 1961.03.21)

Priest of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1961.03.21 – 1980.10.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1980.10.24 – 1983.06.29)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1983.06.29 – 2004.12.04)

Bishop Peter Tou Pao-Zin (杜寶晉)
(1961.03.21 – 1983.06.29)

Born:	1911.03.19 (趙縣南馮村, 河北, China)
Ordained Priest:	1937.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.21
Died:	1986.05.05 († 75)

Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1961.03.21 – 1983.06.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Lucas Liu Hsien-tang (劉獻堂) (96) (1980.10.24 – 1983.06.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hsinchu City 新竹市, 新竹市
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (122)

Fuzhou 福州 (↖), Taipei 臺北 (↗), Taichung 臺中 (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,750 km²

Population: 40,835 Catholics (1.1% of 3,849,572 total)

Pastoral Centres: 71 parishes

Personnel: 87 priests (22 diocesan, 65 religious), 242 religious (66 brothers, 176 sisters), 2 seminarians