Diocese of

Shunde 順德

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shunde 順德 (中文) / Xingtai 邢台 (中文) / Shunteh / Shùndé 顺德 (简体中文) / Xíngtái 邢台 (简体中文) / Sciœntean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lu’an 潞安 (←), Zhaoxian 趙縣 (↑), Jingxian 景縣 (→), Yongnian 永年 (↓), Jixian 級縣 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Xingtai 邢臺 Uncanonical Diocese

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Celebrations

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History

1933.03.02: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Shundefu 順德府 (中文) / Shuntehfu / Shùndéfǔ 顺德府 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengdingfu 正定府)
1944.01.13: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shundefu 順德府 (中文) / Shuntehfu / Shùndéfǔ 顺德府 (简体中文)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Shunde 順德 (中文) / Xingtai 邢台 (中文) / Shunteh / Shùndé 顺德 (简体中文) / Xíngtái 邢台 (简体中文) / Sciœntean(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Beijing 北京)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shunde 順德 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Hou Jin-de (侯進德) ▼
(1989 – 1994.05.20▼)

Born:	1920.01.20 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1945
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.28 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1994.05.20 († 74)

Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China) (1989 – 1994.05.20▼)

Bishop Michael Xiao Li-ren (蕭立人)
(1982 – 1989)

Born:	1912.08.14 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1941
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.12.30 (clandestinely)
Died:	1996.10.23 (河北, China † 84)

Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China) (1982 – 1989)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1950)

Fides per caritatem

Born:	1896.06.09 (Mielno, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.04.23
Died:	1984.08.31 (Araucária, PR, Brazil † 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1933.10.26 – 1944.01.13)

Titular Bishop of Binda (1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1950 – 1963)

Apostolic Administrator of Joinville (Brazil) (1956 – 1957.04.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M.
(1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Shundefu 順德府 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M. (later Bishop)
(1933.10.26 – 1944.01.13)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Former Cathedral: Shrine of Our Lady of Christians, Shahe 沙河, Hebei

Lu’an 潞安 (←), Zhaoxian 趙縣 (↑), Jingxian 景縣 (→), Yongnian 永年 (↓), Jixian 級縣 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 4,872 km²

Population: 21,000 Catholics (1.8% of 1,150,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 missions

Personnel: 26 priests (4 diocesan, 22 religious), 39 religious (39 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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