Diocese of Pingliang 平涼, China 🇨🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pingliang 平涼 (中文) / Pingliang / Píngliáng 平凉 (简体中文) / Pimliamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lanzhou 蘭州

Neighbouring Dioceses: Qinzhou 秦州 (↙), Lanzhou 蘭州 (←), Ningxia 寧夏 (↑), Yan’an 延安 (↗), Sanyuan 三原 (↘), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Dioceses: Pingliang 平涼 Uncanonical Diocese , Ningxia 寧夏

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1930.01.25: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Pingliang 平涼 (中文) / Pingliang / Píngliáng 平凉 (简体中文) / Pimliamen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州)
1950.06.24: Promoted as Diocese of Pingliang 平涼 (中文) / Pingliang / Píngliáng 平凉 (简体中文) / Pimliamen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lanzhou 蘭州)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pingliang 平涼 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) (53)
(2026.01.15 – ...)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

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Born:	1972.05 (眉县, 陝西, China)
Ordained Priest:	1996.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.28

Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (2021.01.11 – 2026.01.15)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (2026.01.15 – ...)

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (85)
(1999 – 2026.01.15▼)

Bishop emeritus of Pingliang 平涼 (China) ▼
Bishop emeritus of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

Born:	1940.06.04 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1985.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.09.19 (clandestinely)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1996 – 2026.01.15)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1999 – 2026.01.15▼)

Bishop Nicholas Han Ji-de (韓紀德) (85)
(1996 – 2026.01.15)

(see above)

Bishop Philippe Ma Ji (馬驥)
(1987 – 1999.02.11)

Born:	1918.10.07 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.03.16
Died:	1999.02.11 († 80)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1987 – 1999.02.11)

Bishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap.
(1950.06.24 – 1975.02.18)

Born:	1892.10.04 (Aldaba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1919.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.10.01
Died:	1975.02.18 (Fuenterrabia, Spain † 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1930.04.29 – 1950.06.24)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1950.06.24 – 1975.02.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Pingliang 平涼 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1930.04.29 – 1950.06.24)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Anthony Li Hui (李輝) (53) (2021.01.11 – 2026.01.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral, Pingliang 平凉, Gansu

Qinzhou 秦州 (↙), Lanzhou 蘭州 (←), Ningxia 寧夏 (↑), Yan’an 延安 (↗), Sanyuan 三原 (↘), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 54,005 km²

Population: 4,701 Catholics (0.3% of 1,350,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 missions

Personnel: 16 priests (2 diocesan, 14 religious), 17 religious (17 sisters), 13 seminarians