Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Taiyuan 太原

China China

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Taiyuan 太原 (中文) / Taiyüan / Tàiyuán 太原 (简体中文) / Tæiüenen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Datong 大同, Fenyang 汾陽, Hongtong 洪洞, Lu’an 潞安, Shuoxian 朔縣, Yuci 榆次

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.11.24 – ...):Archbishop Paul Meng Ning-you (61)Archbishop Paul Meng Ning-you (孟寧友) (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Taiyuan 太原 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paul Meng Ning-you (61)Archbishop Paul Meng Ning-you (孟寧友) (61)
(2013.11.24 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

Concordiam in caritate / 和衷共濟

Born:1963.01.08 (Taiyuan, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:1991.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2010.09.16

Priest of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1991.06.29 – 2010)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (2010 – 2013.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (2013.11.24 – ...)

Archbishop Sylvester Li Jian-tang (李建唐)
(1994 – 2013.11.24)

上主是我的光明我的救援

Born:1925.12.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:1956.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1994.12.18
Died:2017.08.13 († 91)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1994 – 2013.11.24)

Archbishop Bonaventure Benedict Zhang Xin (張信), O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1981 – 1994)

Born:1911.10.25 (China)
Ordained Priest:1937.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:1981.12.18 (no papal mandate)
Died:1999.09.10 († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1981 – 1994)

Archbishop Li De-hua (李德化) (later Bishop)
(1962 – 1971)

Born: (China)
Consecrated Bishop:1962.01.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:1971

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1962 – 1971)

Archbishop Domenico Luca Capozi (李路加), O.F.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1983)

Born:1899.03.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1926.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:1940.04.14
Died:1991.12.30 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia (1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China) (1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1983)

Vicars Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Domenico Luca Capozi (李路加), O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1940.01.12 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M.
(1924.12.03 – 1938.09.21)

Born:1866.09.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1890.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.15
Died:1941.08.22 († 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1902.03.16 – 1909.11.18)

Titular Bishop of Rusadus (1902.03.16 – 1941.08.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1938.09.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M.
(1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M.
(1910.02.15 – 1916.07.07)

Born:1875.08.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1898.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:1910.05.15
Died:1944.12.10 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1910.02.15 – 1916.07.07)

Titular Bishop of Joppe (1910.02.15 – 1944.12.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Shaanxi 陝西中境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1927.01.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1925 – 1927.01.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1927.01.26 – 1944.12.10)

Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M.
(1902.03.16 – 1909.11.18)

Born:1866.09.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1890.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.15
Died:1941.08.22 († 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1902.03.16 – 1909.11.18)

Titular Bishop of Rusadus (1902.03.16 – 1941.08.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1916.07.07 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1938.09.21)

Saint Bishop Gregorio Maria Grassi (艾士傑), O.F.M. Obs.
(1890.06.17 – 1900.07.09)

Born:1833.12.13 (Castellazzo Bormida, Alessandria, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1856.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1876.11.19
Died:1900.07.09 🩸 (Taiyuan, 山西, China † 66)
Beatified:1946.11.24
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:07.09

Titular Bishop of Orthosia (1876.01.28 – 1890.06.17)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shanxi 山西 (China) (1876.01.28 – 1890.06.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shanxi 山西北境 (China) (1890.06.17 – 1900.07.09)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). Martyr.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Fenyang 汾陽 (←), Shuoxian 朔縣 (↑), Zhengding 正定 (↗), Yuci 榆次 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 16,000 km²

Population: 40,749 Catholics (2.7% of 1,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 156 missions

Personnel: 41 priests (15 diocesan, 26 religious), 53 religious (2 brothers, 51 sisters), 11 seminarians

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