Diocese of

Changting 長汀

China China

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Changting 長汀 (中文) / Tingzhou 汀州 (中文) / Tingchow / Chángtīng 长汀 (简体中文) / Tīngzhōu 汀州 (简体中文) / Timceuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fuzhou 福州

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Notes: now Diocese of Minbei 閩北 of the patriotic church

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Changting 長汀 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P.
(1947.05.08 – 1963.04.26)

Born:1904.11.05 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1932.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:1947.10.26
Died:1963.04.26 († 58)

Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China) (1947.05.08 – 1963.04.26)

Prefects Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Egbert Maria Pelzer (歐培徒), O.P.
(1925.12.21 – 1945.05.04)

Born:1882.07.23 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1909.08.01
Died:1945.05.04 († 62)

Prefect Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (China) (1925.12.21 – 1945.05.04)

Special Churches

Ganzhou 贛州 (←), Shaowu 邵武 (↗), Fuzhou 福州 (→), Xiamen 廈門 (↘), Jiaying 嘉應 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 20,000 km²

Population: 4,318 Catholics (0.4% of 1,220,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (1 diocesan, 18 religious), 34 religious (6 brothers, 28 sisters), 2 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.11.26

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