Diocese of

Puqi 蒲圻

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Puqi 蒲圻 (中文) / Chibi 赤壁 (中文) / Puchi / Chìbì 赤壁 (简体中文) / Púqí 蒲圻 (简体中文) / Puchivan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hankou 漢口

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yueyang 岳陽 (↙), Shashi 沙市 (←), Hanyang 漢陽 (↑), Wuchang 武昌 (↗), Nanchang 南昌 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Puqi 蒲圻 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Puqi 蒲圻 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南)
(1951.05.10 – 1973)

Born:1902.07.17 (Ankiu, China)
Ordained Priest:1936.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1951.06.24
Died:1973 († 71)

Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China) (1949.02.23 – 1951.05.10)

Bishop of Puqi 蒲圻 (China) (1951.05.10 – 1973)

Prefects Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Li Dao-nan (李道南) (later Bishop)
(1949.02.23 – 1951.05.10)

(see above)

Fr. Joseph Marie Zhang Jing-xiu (張敬修)
(1929.04.16 – 1941.04.20)

Born:1881.03.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:1908.12.19
Died:1941.04.20 († 60)

Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China) (1929.04.16 – 1941.04.20)

Bishop Odorico Cheng He-de (成和德), O.F.M.
(1924.03.21 – 1928.11.13)

Born:1873.09.22 (Laohokow, China)
Ordained Priest:1900.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1926.10.28
Died:1928.11.13 (Shangsha, China † 55)

Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China) (1924.03.21 – 1928.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Catenna (1926.06.24 – 1928.11.13)

Special Churches

Yueyang 岳陽 (↙), Shashi 沙市 (←), Hanyang 漢陽 (↑), Wuchang 武昌 (↗), Nanchang 南昌 (↘)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 250 km²

Population: 5,046 Catholics (0.6% of 776,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 10 priests (diocesan), 7 religious (7 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

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Last updated on 2026.03.30

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