Diocese of

Jiading 嘉定

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jiading 嘉定 (中文) / Leshan 樂山 (中文) / Kíatíng / Jiādìng 嘉定 (简体中文) / Lèshān 乐山 (简体中文) / Chiatimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chongqing 重慶

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ningyuan 寧遠 (↙), Kangding 康定 (←), Chengdu 成都 (↑), Suifu 敘府 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Leshan 樂山 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

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History

1929.07.10: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Yazhou 雅州 (中文) / Yachow / Yǎzhōu 雅州 (简体中文) / de Yachow (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu 敘府)
1933.03.03: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yazhou 雅州 (中文) / Yachow / Yǎzhōu 雅州 (简体中文) / de Yachow (Latin)
1938.02.09: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jiading 嘉定 (中文) / Kiating / Jiādìng 嘉定 (简体中文) / de Kiating (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Jiading 嘉定 (中文) / Leshan 樂山 (中文) / Kíatíng / Jiādìng 嘉定 (简体中文) / Lèshān 乐山 (简体中文) / Chiatimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Chongqing 重慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011 – ...▼):

Bishop Paul Lei Shi-yin (雷世銀) (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jiading 嘉定 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Lei Shi-yin (雷世銀) (62)
(2011 – ...▼)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) ▼

Born:	1963.10.13 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1991.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.06.29 (no papal mandate)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (2011 – ...▼)

Bishop Matthew Luo Du-xi (羅篤熹)
(1993 – 2009.12.04)

Born:	1919.07.02 (Renshou, China)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.21
Died:	2009.12.04 († 90)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (1993 – 2009.12.04)

Bishop Paul Deng Ji-zhou (Teng Chi-chou) (鄧及洲)
(1949.06.09 – 1990.08.10)

Born:	1905.11.09 (Tsitwiwa, China)
Ordained Priest:	1936.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.09.21
Died:	1990.08.10 († 84)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (1949.06.09 – 1990.08.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Jiading 嘉定 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文)
(1938.02.09 – 1943.03.07)

Born:	1890.09.27 (Yukiakow, China)
Ordained Priest:	1920.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.11.15
Died:	1943.03.07 († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China) (1936.07.07 – 1938.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Phacusa (1936.07.07 – 1943.03.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (1938.02.09 – 1943.03.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文)
(1936.07.07 – 1938.02.09)

(see above)

Bishop Matthew Li Rong-zhao (Ly Iun-ho) (李容兆)
(1933.03.03 – 1935.08.04)

Born:	1877.09.14 (Hinwenshien, China)
Ordained Priest:	1910.01.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.06.11
Died:	1935.08.04 (Suifu, China † 57)

Prefect Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China) (1929.10.22 – 1933.03.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China) (1933.03.03 – 1935.08.04)

Titular Bishop of Tlos (1933.03.16 – 1935.08.04)

Prefects Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Matthew Li Rong-zhao (Ly Iun-ho) (李容兆) (later Bishop)
(1929.10.22 – 1933.03.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Leshan 乐山, Sichuan

Ningyuan 寧遠 (↙), Kangding 康定 (←), Chengdu 成都 (↑), Suifu 敘府 (↘)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 27,000 km²

Population: 13,311 Catholics (0.5% of 2,645,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (diocesan), 19 religious (19 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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