Diocese of

Weifang 濰坊

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Weifang 濰坊 (中文) / Wéifāng 潍坊 (简体中文)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jinan 濟南

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Weifang 濰坊 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1931.06.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣 (中文) / Iduhsien / Yìdūxiàn 益都县 (简体中文) / Induhsienen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘)
2023.04.20: Promoted as Diocese of Weifang 濰坊 (中文) / Wéifāng 潍坊 (简体中文) (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan 濟南 and Diocese of Zhoucun 周村 and became suffragan of Jinan 濟南)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.20 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君) (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Weifang 濰坊 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Sun Wen-jun (孫文君) (55)
(2023.04.20 – ...)

Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China)

Born:	1970.11.01 (Weifang, 山東, China)
Ordained Priest:	1995.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.01.29

Priest of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1995.12.08 – 2023.04.20)

Bishop of Weifang 濰坊 (China) (2023.04.20 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (孫智賓)
(1988 – 2008.10.23)

Born:	1911.04.04 (Linqu, China)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.24
Died:	2008.10.23 († 97)

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1988 – 2008.10.23)

Bishop Jia Fu-shan (賈福善) ▼
(1958 – 1966?▼)

Born:	1922 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1948
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.01
Died:	1966? († 44)

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1958 – 1966?▼)

Fr. John Yang Feng-shu, O.F.M.
(1951.06.08 – 1982)

Born:	(China)
Died:	1982

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1951.06.08 – 1982)

Fr. Alessandro Digard (狄嘉略), O.F.M.
(1938.05.20 – 1949.11.23)

Born:	1891.02.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1914.07.25
Died:	1969.07.25 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1938.05.20 – 1949.11.23)

Fr. Eugene Venance Guichard (衛國棟), O.F.M.
(1932.01.29 – 1937.03.02)

Born:	1883.12.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.19
Died:	1937.03.02 († 53)

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1932.01.29 – 1937.03.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Christ the King, Qinzhou 青州, Shandong

Jinan 濟南 (←), Zhoucun 周村 (↖), Yantai 煙臺 (↗), Qingdao 青島 (→), Yizhou 沂州 (↓)

Statistics (2023)

Area: 16,167 km²

Population: 6,000 Catholics (0.1% of 9,386,705 total)

Personnel: 10 priests (diocesan), 6 religious (6 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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