Diocese of

Luoyang 洛陽

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Luoyang 洛陽 (中文) / Loyang / Luòyáng 洛阳 (简体中文) / Loiamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaifeng 開封

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1929.05.25: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Luoyang 洛陽 (中文) / Loyang / Luòyáng 洛阳 (简体中文) / de Loyang (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengzhou 鄭州)
1935.01.28: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Luoyang 洛陽 (中文) / Loyang / Luòyáng 洛阳 (简体中文) / de Loyang (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Luoyang 洛陽 (中文) / Loyang / Luòyáng 洛阳 (简体中文) / Loiamen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaifeng 開封)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Auxiliary Bishop (2003 – ...):	Bishop Peter Mao Qing-fu (毛慶福) (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luoyang 洛陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Placidus Pei Rong-guì (裴榮貴), O.C.S.O. (90)
(2003 – 2011)

Bishop emeritus of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

Born:	1934 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1980
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.10.14 (clandestinely)

Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (2003 – 2011)

Bishop Peter Li Hong-ye (李宏業)
(1988 – 2011.04.23)

Born:	1920.01.06 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1944.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.08.07 (clandestinely)
Died:	2011.04.23 († 91)

Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1988 – 2011.04.23)

Bishop Xi Min-yuan (郗民援) ▼
(1962 – ?▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.05 (no papal mandate)

Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1962 – ?▼)

Bishop Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X.
(1946.04.11 – 1970.11.08)

Born:	1887.09.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1910.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.04.28
Died:	1970.11.08 († 83)

Prefect Apostolic of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1930.01.09 – 1935.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (1935.01.28 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1935.01.28 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1970.11.08)

Vicars Apostolic of Luoyang 洛陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X.
(1935.01.28 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Luoyang 洛陽 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X. (later Bishop)
(1930.01.09 – 1935.01.28)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Mother of God, Luoyang 洛阳, Henan

Xi’an 西安 (←), Tongzhou 同州 (←), Xinjiang 新絳 (↖), Xinxiang 新鄉 (↗), Zhengzhou 鄭州 (→), Nanyang 南陽 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 25,000 km²

Population: 10,122 Catholics (0.3% of 3,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (8 diocesan, 25 religious), 25 religious (25 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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