Diocese of

Hualien 花蓮

Taiwan Taiwan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hualien 花蓮 (中文) / Huālián 花莲 (简体中文) / Hwalien / Hvalienen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: 168 Chung-mei Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan

Phone: +886 (3) 8227670

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.11.19 – ...):Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming (70)Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming (黃兆明) (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hualien 花蓮 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming (70)Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming (黃兆明) (70)
(2001.11.19 – ...)

Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan)

Caritas ac veritas

Born:1954.08.23 (富里鄉, 花蓮縣, Taiwan)
Ordained Priest:1983.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1998.09.26

Priest of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (1983.04.12 – 1998.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Lamphua (1998.06.27 – 2001.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan) (1998.06.27 – 2001.11.19)

Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (2001.11.19 – ...)

Bishop Andrew Qian Zhi-chun (Tsien Chih-ch’un) (錢志純)
(1992.01.23 – 2001.11.19)

感謝 讚美

Born:1926.04.09 (玉環縣, 浙江, China)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1992.04.11
Died:2009.02.17 (花蓮, 花蓮縣, Taiwan † 82)

Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (1992.01.23 – 2001.11.19)

Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (單國璽), S.J. (later Cardinal)
(1979.11.15 – 1991.03.04)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:1923.12.02 (Puyang 濮陽縣, 河南, China)
Ordained Priest:1955.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1980.02.14
Created Cardinal:1998.02.21
Died:2012.08.22 (新北市, Taiwan † 88)

Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (1979.11.15 – 1991.03.04)

President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference (1987.04 – 2006)

Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan) (1991.03.04 – 2006.01.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1998.02.21 [1998.05.17] – 2012.08.22)

Bishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen (賈彥文) (later Archbishop)
(1974.12.14 – 1978.11.15)

Non ministrari sed ministrare / 求為人役

Born:1925.01.17 (元氏縣, 河北, China)
Ordained Priest:1951.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:1970.07.16
Died:2017.08.22 (新北市, Taiwan † 92)

Priest of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan) (1951.07.15 – 1970.05.21)

Bishop of Chiayi 嘉義 (Taiwan) (1970.05.21 – 1974.12.14)

General Secretary of Chinese Bishops’ Conference (1971.04.13 – 1975.05.20)

Bishop of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (1974.12.14 – 1978.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1978.11.15 – 1989.02.11)

President of Chinese Bishops’ Conference (1979.04.19 – 1983.04)

Vice-President of Chinese Bishops’ Conference (1983.04 – 1991.04.18)

Bishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1952.08.07 – 1973.07.25)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (189)

Kaohsiung 高雄 (↙), Tainan 臺南 (↙), Chiayi 嘉義 (↙), Taichung 臺中 (←), Taipei 臺北 (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,144 km²

Population: 55,977 Catholics (10.5% of 530,951 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes

Personnel: 46 priests (31 diocesan, 15 religious), 101 religious (16 brothers, 85 sisters), 4 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.02.19

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