Diocese of

Taichung 臺中

Taiwan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Taichung 臺中 (中文) / Táizhōng 台中 (简体中文) / Taichungen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北

Neighbouring Dioceses: Xiamen 廈門 (←), Hsinchu 新竹 (↑), Hualien 花蓮 (→), Chiayi 嘉義 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

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History

1950.08.10: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Taichung 臺中 (中文) / Táizhōng 台中 (简体中文) / Taichungen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄)
1952.08.07: Became suffragan of Taipei 臺北
1962.04.16: Promoted as Diocese of Taichung 臺中 (中文) / Táizhōng 台中 (简体中文) / Taichungen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: 11 Lane 308, Hsue-Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan

Phone: +886 (4) 2337881

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Taichung 臺中 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (66)
(2007.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Unum in Spiritu Sancto / 因聖神合一

Born:	1959.11.09 (左營區, 高雄市, Taiwan)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.25

Priest of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1989.06.08 – 2007.06.25)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (2007.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung (王愈榮)
(1986.06.25 – 2007.06.25)

Born:	1931.04.27 (上海, China)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.07.22
Died:	2018.01.18 (臺中市, Taiwan † 86)

Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1955.12.24 – 1975.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha (1975.07.01 – 1986.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1975.07.01 – 1986.06.25)

General Secretary of Chinese Bishops’ Conference (1979.04.19 – 1991.04.18)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1986.06.25 – 2007.06.25)

Bishop William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M.
(1962.04.16 – 1986.06.25)

Ut omnes cognoscant Salvatorem mundi / 願萬民認識救主

Born:	1909.01.28 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.25
Died:	1998.01.02 (Valhalla, NY, USA † 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1951.01.26 – 1962.04.16)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1962.04.16 – 1986.06.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Roman Rite)

Fr. William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M. (later Bishop)
(1951.01.26 – 1962.04.16)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Jesus the Saviour, Taichung City 台中市, 臺中市
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (62)

Xiamen 廈門 (←), Hsinchu 新竹 (↑), Hualien 花蓮 (→), Chiayi 嘉義 (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,836 km²

Population: 29,012 Catholics (0.7% of 4,462,106 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 34 missions

Personnel: 53 priests (19 diocesan, 34 religious), 144 religious (34 brothers, 110 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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