Diocese of

Tianjin 天津

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tianjin 天津 (中文) / Tíentsín / Tiānjīn 天津 (简体中文) / Tienzinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.08 – ...):Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (95)Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) (95)
Bishop (2024.08.27 – ...▼):Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (95)Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) (95)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tianjin 天津 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (95)Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) (95)
(2024.08.27 – ...▼)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) ▼
Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

温良和愛德該照耀我的一切工作

Born:1929.10.07 (China)
Ordained Priest:1954.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1982.06.15 (clandestinely)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2019.06.08)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (2019.06.08 – ...)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (2024.08.27 – ...▼)

Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (95)Bishop Melchior Shi Hong-zhen (石鴻禎) (95)
(2019.06.08 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Shi Hong-chen (石洪臣), C.M.
(1992 – 2005.03.03▼)

Born:1928.02.27 (China)
Ordained Priest:1957.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:1982.08.11 (clandestinely)
Died:2005.03.03 († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2005.03.03)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1992 – 2005.03.03▼)

Bishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德)
(1982 – 2019.06.08)

Corda Jesu et Mariæ sum totus vester

Born:1926.10.03 (Zunhua, China)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1982.06.15 (clandestinely)
Died:2019.06.08 († 92)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2019.06.08)

Bishop Li De-pei (李德培) ▼
(1958 – 1991.07.13▼)

Born:1901 (China)
Ordained Priest:1925
Consecrated Bishop:1963.05.14
Died:1991.07.13 († 89)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1958 – 1991.07.13▼)

Fr. Alphonsus Zhao (趙振亞), C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1953.02.13 – 1981)

Bishop John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德)
(Apostolic Administrator 1951 – 1953.02.13)

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1951.06.14)

Born:1877.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1900.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1915.11.21
Died:1957.09.21 († 80)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) (1915.08.10 – 1917.04.02)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum (1915.08.10 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) (1917.04.02 – 1919.04.02)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China) (1919.04.02 – 1923.07.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1923.07.12 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Abora (1951.06.14 – 1957.09.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Tianjin 天津 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille (文貴斌), C.M.
(1923.07.12 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M.
(1912.04.27 – 1920.07.21)

Born:1864.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1888.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1912.06.30
Died:1944.02.19 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Chi-Li 直隸海濱 (China) (1912.04.27 – 1920.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1912.05.02 – 1944.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1920.07.21 – 1925.05.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Ganzhou 贛州 (China) (1925.05.12 – 1931.07.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1931.07.03 – 1944.02.19)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Jingxian 景縣 (↙), Xianxian 獻縣 (↙), Beijing 北京 (↖), Zhoucun 周村 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 12,560 km²

Population: 50,000 Catholics (1.4% of 3,600,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 84 priests (29 diocesan, 55 religious), 196 religious (74 brothers, 122 sisters), 11 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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