Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng 開封, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kaifeng 開封 (中文) / Kaifeng / Kāifēng 开封 (简体中文) / Chæfomen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Jixian 級縣, Luoyang 洛陽, Nanyang 南陽, Shangqiu 商丘, Xinyang 信陽, Zhengzhou 鄭州, Zhumadian 駐馬店

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1916.09.21: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (中文) / Ho-nan Orientale (Italiano) / Eastern Hénán 河南东境 (简体中文) / Ho-nanen(sis) orientalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Honan 河南北境 and Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 (中文) / Kaifengfu / Kāifēngfǔ 开封府 (简体中文) / de Kaifengfu (Latin)
1927.12.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xinyangzhou 信陽州
1928.06.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Guide 歸德
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng 開封 (中文) / Kaifeng / Kāifēng 开封 (简体中文) / Chæfomen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Jixian 級縣, Luoyang 洛陽, Nanyang 南陽, Shangqiu 商丘, Xinyang 信陽, Zhengzhou 鄭州 and Zhumadian 駐馬店)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kaifeng 開封 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Gao Hong-xiao (高宏孝), O.F.M.
(2007.09.23 – 2022.12.19)

Born:	1945.03.16 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1989.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.01.01 (clandestinely)
Died:	2022.12.19 (Meixian, 陝西, China † 77)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (2005 – 2007.09.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (2007.09.23 – 2022.12.19)

Archbishop Stanislaus Han Dao-yi (韓道一) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1993 – 2000.10.27▼)

Born:	1920 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.11.11 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2000.10.27 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1993 – 2000.10.27▼)

Archbishop John Baptist Liang Xi-sheng (梁希聖)
(1989 – 2007.09.23)

Born:	1923.03.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1980.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.08.31 (clandestinely)
Died:	2007.09.23 († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1989 – 2007.09.23)

Archbishop Stephen He Chun-ming (何春明) ▼ (later Bishop)
(1962 – ?▼)

Born:	1895 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.01.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1986.11.12 († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1962 – ?▼)

Archbishop Gaetano Pollio (陽霖), P.I.M.E.
(1946.12.12 – 1960.09.08)

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Born:	1911.12.30 (Meta di Sorrento, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1934.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.04.13
Died:	1991.03.13 (Salerno, Italy † 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1946.12.12 – 1960.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (1960.09.08 – 1969.02.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy) (1968 – 1969)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1969.02.05 – 1984.10.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Acerno (Italy) (1969.02.05 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop of Campagna (Italy) (1973.08.04 – 1984.10.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Luigi Nogara (羅克信), P.I.M.E.
(Apostolic Administrator 1942.07.02 – 1946)

Msgr. Antonio Barosi (畢性和), P.I.M.E.
(Apostolic Administrator 1940 – 1941.11.19)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E.
(1924.12.03 – 1941)

Born:	1873.02.23 (Pavia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1895.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.11.30
Died:	1942.09.26 (Roma, Italy † 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China) (1911.09.18 – 1916.11.20)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1911.09.18 – 1942.09.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (China) (1916.11.20 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1941)

Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E.
(1916.11.20 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Gao Hong-xiao (高宏孝), O.F.M. (2005 – 2007.09.23)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Anthony Zong Chang-feng (宗長風) (2000 – 2007)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kaifeng 开封, Henan

Zhengzhou 鄭州 (←), Xinxiang 新鄉 (↖), Caozhou 曹州 (↗), Daming 大名 (↗), Shangqiu 商丘 (→), Bengbu 蚌埠 (↘), Xinyang 信陽 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 24,000 km²

Population: 18,487 Catholics (0.4% of 4,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 24 missions

Personnel: 31 priests (13 diocesan, 18 religious), 38 religious (38 sisters), 2 seminarians