Diocese of

Shangqiu 商丘

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shangqiu 商丘 (中文) / Guide 歸德 (中文) / Kweíteh / Guīdé 归德 (简体中文) / Shāngqiū 商丘 (简体中文) / Cœiteven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaifeng 開封

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Shangqiu 商丘 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

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History

1928.06.19: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Guide 歸德 (中文) / Kweiteh / Guīdé 归德 (简体中文) / de Kweiteh (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府)
1937.05.18: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Guide 歸德 (中文) / Kweiteh / Guīdé 归德 (简体中文) / de Kweiteh (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Shangqiu 商丘 (中文) / Guide 歸德 (中文) / Kweíteh / Guīdé 归德 (简体中文) / Shāngqiū 商丘 (简体中文) / Cœiteven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaifeng 開封)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shangqiu 商丘 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicholas Shi Jing-xian (史景賢), O.S.A.
(1999 – 2009.09.16▼)

Born:	1921.02.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.08 (clandestinely)
Died:	2009.09.16 († 88)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1991 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1999 – 2009.09.16▼)

Bishop Nicholas Shi Jing-xian (史景賢), O.S.A.
(1991 – 2009.09.16)

(see above)

Bishop Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario (貴達義), O.A.R.
(1949.11.10 – 1970.11.21)

Born:	1904.09.01 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.01.29
Died:	1970.11.21 († 66)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1949.11.10 – 1970.11.21)

Bishop Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R.
(1946.04.11 – 1947.12.11)

Born:	1889.01.31 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1914.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.31
Died:	1976.09.06 († 87)

Prefect Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (China) (1929.01.08 – 1937.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Chusira (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (China) (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Remesiana (1947.12.11 – 1976.09.06)

Vicars Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R.
(1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Guide 歸德 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R. (later Bishop)
(1929.01.08 – 1937.05.18)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (South Church), Shangqiu 商丘, Henan

Kaifeng 開封 (←), Caozhou 曹州 (↑), Xuzhou 徐州 (→), Bengbu 蚌埠 (↘)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 8,000 km²

Population: 9,973 Catholics (0.5% of 2,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 missions

Personnel: 14 priests (religious), 17 religious (17 sisters), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.06.14

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