Diocese of Laohekou 老河口, China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Laohekou 老河口 (中文) / Laohokow / Lǎohékǒu 老河口 (简体中文) / Laohocheuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hankou 漢口

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1870.09.11: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (中文) / Hu-pé Occiduo-Settentrionale / Northwestern Húběi 湖北西北 (简体中文) / de Hupé occiduo-septentrionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Hupeh 湖北)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou 老河口 (中文) / Laohokow / Lǎohékǒu 老河口 (简体中文) / de Laohokow (Latin)
1936.05.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang 襄陽
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Laohekou 老河口 (中文) / Laohokow / Lǎohékǒu 老河口 (简体中文) / Laohocheuven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Hankou 漢口)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Laohekou 老河口 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1966.03.10)

Fortitudo mea Dominus

Born:	1892.02.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1920.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.05.29
Died:	1966.03.10 († 74)

Apostolic Administrator of Laohekou 老河口 (China) (1930.10.18 – 1932.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Aspendus (1932.01.27 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China) (1932.01.27 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Laohekou 老河口 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1966.03.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M.
(1932.01.27 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Fr. Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1930.10.18 – 1932.01.27)

Bishop Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M.
(1922.02.21 – 1930)

Born:	1886.08.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.05.28
Died:	1931.11.23 († 45)

Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China) (1922.02.21 – 1930)

Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos (1922.02.21 – 1931.11.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabiano Landi (畢世修), O.F.M.
(1904.05.10 – 1920.06.30)

Born:	1872.03.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1894.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.10.02
Died:	1920.06.30 († 48)

Titular Bishop of Tænarum (1904.05.10 – 1920.06.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China) (1904.05.10 – 1920.06.30)

Bishop Ezechias Banci (南熙), O.F.M.
(1879.09.30 – 1903.10.08)

Born:	1833.01.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1857
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.05.12
Died:	1903.10.08 († 70)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan 湖南南境 (China) (1871.05.06 – 1879.09.30)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1871.05.06 – 1903.10.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China) (1879.09.30 – 1903.10.08)

Bishop Pascal Bili (畢理), O.F.M.
(1876.11.20 – 1878.05.12)

Born:	1835.06.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1859
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.07.22
Died:	1878.05.12 († 42)

Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1876.11.20 – 1878.05.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China) (1876.11.20 – 1878.05.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Laohekou 老河口, Hubei

Wanxian 萬縣 (↙), Xing’anfu 興安府 (←), Xi’an 西安 (↖), Nanyang 南陽 (↗), Xiangyang 襄陽 (→), Yichang 宜昌 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 30,000 km²

Population: 20,445 Catholics (0.8% of 2,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 23 missions

Personnel: 27 priests (12 diocesan, 15 religious), 52 religious (6 brothers, 46 sisters), 9 seminarians