Apostolic Prefecture of

Shiqian 石阡

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Prefecture

Name: Shiqian 石阡 (中文) / Shihtsien / Shíqiān 石阡 (简体中文) / Shihtsienen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Guizhou 貴州 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1932.03.23: Established as Mission sui juris of Shiqian 石阡 (中文) / Shihtsien / Shíqiān 石阡 (简体中文) / Shihtsienen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Guiyang 貴陽)
1937.12.02: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian 石阡 (中文) / Shihtsien / Shíqiān 石阡 (简体中文) / Shihtsienen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic:

vacant

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Shiqian 石阡 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Augustine Hu Da-guo (胡大國)
(1997 – 2011.02.17)

Born:	1922.05.14 (Tongzhou, China)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1987 (clandestinely)
Died:	2011.02.17 (Guiyang, China † 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1987 – 1997)

Prefect Apostolic of Shiqian 石阡 (China) (1997 – 2011.02.17)

Fr. Matthias Buchholz (步堅牧), M.S.C.
(1937.12.10 – 1983)

Born:	1903.03.25 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1927.04.07
Died:	1991.08.12 († 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Shiqian 石阡 (China) (1937.12.10 – 1983)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Shiqian 石阡 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Luigi Baumeister (包美德), M.S.C.
(1932.11.11 – 1937.12.02)

Born:	1894.06.21 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1925.08.09
Died:	1946.08.04 († 52)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Shiqian 石阡 (China) (1932.11.11 – 1937.12.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral, Shiqian 石阡, Guizhou

Guiyang 貴陽 (↙), Chongqing 重慶 (↖), Yuanling 沅陵 (↗), Baoqing 寶慶 (→), Nanning 南寧 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 4,000 km²

Population: 5,697 Catholics (0.2% of 3,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 22 priests (3 diocesan, 19 religious), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.23

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