Diocese of

Daming 大名

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Daming 大名 (中文) / Taming / Dàmíng 大名 (简体中文) / Tamimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kaifeng 開封 (↙), Jixian 級縣 (↙), Yongnian 永年 (↑), Linqing 臨清 (↗), Yanggu 陽穀 (↘), Caozhou 曹州 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Handan 邯鄲 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Daming 大名 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon An Shi-en (安世恩)
(1989 – 2002.03.06)

Born:1915.01.12 (China)
Ordained Priest:1944.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:1989.08.30
Died:2002.03.06 († 87)

Bishop of Daming 大名 (China) (1989 – 2002.03.06)

Prefects Apostolic of Daming 大名 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gaspar Lischerong (隆其化), S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1947.07.10 – 1972.01.17)

Fr. Nicolaus Szarvas (查宗夏), S.J.
(1936.01.31 – 1947.07.08)

Born:1890.11.04 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1920.07.25
Died:1965.08.20 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Daming 大名 (China) (1936.01.31 – 1947.07.08)

Special Churches

Kaifeng 開封 (↙), Jixian 級縣 (↙), Yongnian 永年 (↑), Linqing 臨清 (↗), Yanggu 陽穀 (↘), Caozhou 曹州 (↓)

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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