Apostolic Prefecture of Jian’ou 建甌, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Jian’ou 建甌 (中文) / Jianning 建寧 (中文) / Kienning / Kienow / Jiànníng 建宁 (简体中文) / Jiàn’ōu 建瓯 (简体中文) / Kienoven(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Shaowu 邵武 (←), Yujiang 餘江 (↖), Hangzhou 杭州 (↑), Lishui 麗水 (↗), Funing 福寧 (→), Fuzhou 福州 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Minbei 閩北 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1931.05.06: Established as Mission sui juris of Jianningfu 建寧府 (中文) / Kienningfu / Jiànníngfǔ 建宁府 (简体中文) / de Kienningfu (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou 福州)
1938.01.08: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Jian’ou 建甌 (中文) / Jianning 建寧 (中文) / Kienning / Kienow / Jiànníng 建宁 (简体中文) / Jiàn’ōu 建瓯 (简体中文) / Kienoven(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic:

vacant

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善)
(2006.12.29 – 2023.04.14)

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Born:	1936.09.09 (长乐市文武砂镇, 福建, China)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.07.13 (clandestinely)
Died:	2023.04.14 (Fuzhou 福州, 福建, China † 86)

Priest of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (1981.05.11 – 1997)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (1997 – 2006.12.29)

Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) (2006.12.29 – 2023.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (2016 – 2023.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (2020.06.09 [2020.06.09] – 2023.04.14▼)

Fr. Paul Adam Curran, O.P.
(1948.07.02 – 1953.09.23)

Born:	1889.07.26 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1918.05.10
Died:	1953.09.23 (Washington, DC, USA † 64)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China) (1932.03.18 – 1937.01.18)

Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) (1948.07.02 – 1953.09.23)

Fr. Michael Augustine O’Connor, O.P.
(1938.05.04 – 1941.01.09)

Born:	(USA)
Died:	1957.09.14

Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) (1938.05.04 – 1941.01.09)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Jianningfu 建寧府 (Roman Rite)

Fr. William Ferrer Cassidy (谷源真), O.P.
(1937.01.21 – 1938.01.08)

Born:	1899.08.14 (Michigan City, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1925.06.17
Died:	1974.11.21 (Cincinnati, OH, USA † 75)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China) (1937.01.21 – 1938.01.08)

Fr. Paul Adam Curran, O.P.
(1932.03.18 – 1937.01.18)

Born:	1889.07.26 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1918.05.10
Died:	1953.09.23 (Washington, DC, USA † 64)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Jianningfu 建寧府 (China) (1932.03.18 – 1937.01.18)

Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) (1948.07.02 – 1953.09.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Albert, Jian’ou 建瓯, Fujian

Shaowu 邵武 (←), Yujiang 餘江 (↖), Hangzhou 杭州 (↑), Lishui 麗水 (↗), Funing 福寧 (→), Fuzhou 福州 (↘)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 17,101 km²

Population: 1,450 Catholics (0.2% of 701,676 total)

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 15 priests (2 diocesan, 13 religious), 9 religious (9 sisters), 1 seminarian