Diocese of

Xiangyang 襄陽

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Xiangyang 襄陽 (中文) / Siangyang / Xiāngyáng 襄阳 (简体中文) / Siamiamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hankou 漢口

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1936.05.25: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang 襄陽 (中文) / Siangyang / Xiāngyáng 襄阳 (简体中文) / de Siangyang (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou 老河口)
1951.05.10: Promoted as Diocese of Xiangyang 襄陽 (中文) / Siangyang / Xiāngyáng 襄阳 (简体中文) / Siamiamen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Hankou 漢口)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Xiangyang 襄陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化)
(1951.05.10 – 1974)

Born:	1900.11.18 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1926.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.17
Died:	1974 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China) (1936.05.25 – 1951.05.10)

Bishop of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China) (1951.05.10 – 1974)

Prefects Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化) (later Bishop)
(1936.05.25 – 1951.05.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, Xiangyang 襄阳, Hubei

Yichang 宜昌 (↙), Laohekou 老河口 (←), Nanyang 南陽 (↑), Suixian 隨縣 (→), Hanyang 漢陽 (↘)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 15,000 km²

Population: 19,646 Catholics (1.3% of 1,560,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 51 missions

Personnel: 22 priests (19 diocesan, 3 religious), 36 religious (3 brothers, 33 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.06

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