Apostolic Prefecture of

Suixian 隨縣

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Prefecture Apostolic Prefecture

Name: Suixian 隨縣 (中文) / Suihsien / Suíxiàn 随县 (简体中文) / Suihsienen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Xiangfan 襄樊 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic:vacant

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Suixian 隨縣 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Dominic Chen Te-mien (陳光祖), O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1951.04.05 – 1981)

Fr. Patrick Maurice Connaughton (龔成德), O.F.M.
(1937.06.17 – 1951.03)

Born:1889.10.25 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1913.03.22
Died:1967.05.19 († 77)

Prefect Apostolic of Suixian 隨縣 (China) (1937.06.17 – 1951.03)

Special Churches

Hanyang 漢陽 (↙), Xiangyang 襄陽 (←), Zhumadian 駐馬店 (↑), Xinyang 信陽 (↗), Hankou 漢口 (↘)

Last updated on 2026.02.18

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