Diocese of

Jining 集寧

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jining 集寧 (中文) / Tsíníng / Jíníng 集宁 (简体中文) / Zinimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Suiyuan 綏遠

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Wumeng 烏盟 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1929.02.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Jining 集寧 (中文) / Tsining / Jíníng 集宁 (简体中文) / de Tsining (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西灣子)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Jining 集寧 (中文) / Tsíníng / Jíníng 集宁 (简体中文) / Zinimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Suiyuan 綏遠)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Yao Shun (姚順) (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jining 集寧 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Yao Shun (姚順) (60)
(2019 – ...)

Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)

Misericordes sicut pater

Born:	1965.12 (烏蘭察布, 內蒙, China)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.08.26

Priest of Jining 集寧 (China) (1991.05.19 – 2019)

Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China) (2019 – ...)

Bishop John Liu Shi-gong (劉世功)
(1995 – 2017.06.09)

Born:	1928.08.18 (Wulannao, China)
Ordained Priest:	1956.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.10.20
Died:	2017.06.09 († 88)

Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China) (1995 – 2017.06.09)

Bishop Joseph Fan Heng-an (Fan Heng-nfan) (樊恆安)
(1946.04.11 – 1975)

Born:	1882.10.16 (Siwantze, China)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.06.11
Died:	1975 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Paphus (1933.01.10 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Jining 集寧 (China) (1933.01.10 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1975)

Vicars Apostolic of Jining 集寧 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Fan Heng-an (Fan Heng-nfan) (樊恆安)
(1933.01.10 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Evarist Zhang Zhi-liang (張智良)
(1929.02.10 – 1932.05.26)

Born:	1887.03.15 (Lantzechan, China)
Ordained Priest:	1917.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.04.14
Died:	1932.05.26 (Tsining, China † 45)

Titular Bishop of Catenna (1929.02.02 – 1932.05.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Jining 集寧 (China) (1929.02.10 – 1932.05.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Ulanqab 乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Former Cathedral: Former Cathedral of the Rosary, Youqianqi 乌兰察布盟察哈尔右翼前旗玫瑰营, Inner Mongolia
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Shuoxian 朔縣 (↙), Suiyuan 綏遠 (←), Ulaanbaatar (↖), Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (↗), Siping 四平 (↗), Lindong 林東 (↗), Chifeng 赤峰 (↗), Chengde 承德 (↗), Zhangjiakou 張家口 (→), Datong 大同 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 40,000 km²

Population: 36,240 Catholics (4.5% of 800,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 26 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (diocesan), 98 religious (98 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.23

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