Diocese of

Qingdao 青島

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Qingdao 青島 (中文) / Tsíngtao / Qīngdǎo 青岛 (简体中文) / Zimtaoven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jinan 濟南

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Qingdao 青島 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1925.02.11: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao 青島 (中文) / Tsing-tao / Qīngdǎo 青岛 (简体中文) / de Tsing-tao (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兗州府)
1928.06.14: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qingdao 青島 (中文) / Tsing-tao / Qīngdǎo 青岛 (简体中文) / de Tsing-tao (Latin)
1937.07.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Yizhoufu 沂州府
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Qingdao 青島 (中文) / Tsíngtao / Qīngdǎo 青岛 (简体中文) / Zimtaoven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Jinan 濟南)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Chen Tian-hao (陳天浩) (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Qingdao 青島 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Chen Tian-hao (陳天浩) (63)
(2020 – ...)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

The word of life

Born:	1962.12 (Pingdu 平度, 山東, China)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.11.23

Priest of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1989.12.17 – 2020)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (2020 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Li Ming-shu (李明述)
(2000 – 2018.06.15)

May they all be one

Born:	1924.12.01 (Licun, China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.13
Died:	2018.06.15 († 93)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (2000 – 2018.06.15)

Bishop Paul Han Xi-rang (韓錫讓), O.F.M. ▼
(1988 – 1992.03.06▼)

Born:	1918.08.01 (Han, China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1992.03.06 († 73)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1988 – 1992.03.06▼)

Bishop Augustin Olbert (吳伯祿), S.V.D.
(1948.07.08 – 1964.11.18)

Born:	1895.11.16 (Dossenheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.03
Died:	1964.11.18 (Heidelberg, Germany † 69)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1948.07.08 – 1964.11.18)

Bishop Faustino M. Tissot (丁玉守), S.X.
(1946 – 1947)

Born:	1901.05.22 (Transacqua, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.23
Died:	1991.08.19 (Parma, Italy † 90)

Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1946 – 1947)

Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1946.05.10 – 1983)

Vicars Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D.
(1942.11.10 – 1946.04.11)

Tuum regnum adveniat / 爾國臨格

Born:	1890.10.24 (Chantsiu 陽穀縣張秋鎮, 山東, China)
Ordained Priest:	1918.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1967.07.24 (Chiayi, Taiwan † 76)

Prefect Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China) (1934.02.23 – 1939.07.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Yanggu 陽穀 (China) (1939.07.11 – 1942.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1939.07.11 – 1946.02.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1942.11.10 – 1946.04.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1946.02.22 – 1967.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1967.07.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1959.12.16 – 1966.02.15)

Bishop Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D.
(1928.06.14 – 1941.10.03)

Sermo Dei currat

Born:	1883.12.14 (Beratzhausen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1907.02.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.09.23
Died:	1941.10.03 (Tsingtao, China † 57)

Prefect Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1925.03.18 – 1928.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Antandrus (1928.06.14 – 1941.10.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China) (1928.06.14 – 1941.10.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D. (later Bishop)
(1925.03.18 – 1928.06.14)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Michael, Qingdao 青岛, Shandong

Yizhou 沂州 (↙), Weifang 濰坊 (←), Yantai 煙臺 (↑), Haizhou 海州 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 17,000 km²

Population: 23,588 Catholics (0.7% of 3,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 28 priests (6 diocesan, 22 religious), 94 religious (7 brothers, 87 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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