Diocese of Jixian 級縣, China 🇨🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jixian 級縣 (中文) / Weihui 衛輝 (中文) / Weíhwei / Jíxiàn 级县 (简体中文) / Wèihuī 卫辉 (简体中文) / Ueihœiven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaifeng 開封

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Dioceses: Anyang 安陽 Uncanonical Diocese , Handan 邯鄲

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1882.08.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Honan 河南北境 (中文) / Ho-nan Settentrionale / Northern Hénán 河南北境 (简体中文) / Ho-nanen(sis) septentrionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南)
1916.09.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Honan 河南東境
1929.08.02: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Weihuifu 衛輝府 (中文) / Weihweifu / Wèihuīfǔ 卫辉府 (简体中文) / de Weihweifu (Latin)
1936.07.07: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang 新鄉
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Jixian 級縣 (中文) / Weihui 衛輝 (中文) / Weíhwei / Jíxiàn 级县 (简体中文) / Wèihuī 卫辉 (简体中文) / Ueihœiven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaifeng 開封)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Zhang Yin-lin (張銀林) (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jixian 級縣 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Zhang Yin-lin (張銀林) (54)
(2016.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China)

Duc in altum

Born:	1971.03.27 (Linzhou, 河南, China)
Ordained Priest:	1996.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.08.04

Coadjutor Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (2015 – 2016.05.08)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (2016.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Zhang Huai-xin (張懷信)
(1981 – 2016.05.08)

Born:	1925.05.23 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1950.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.10.19 (clandestinely)
Died:	2016.05.08 († 90)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1981 – 2016.05.08)

Bishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E.
(1946.07.18 – 1966.02.02)

Born:	1890.11.04 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1913.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.05.19
Died:	1966.02.02 (Milano, Italy † 75)

Titular Bishop of Tabbora (1935.03.11 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) (1935.03.11 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1966.02.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E.
(Apostolic Administrator 1929.05.07 – 1946.07.18)

Bishop Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E.
(1921.02.23 – 1929.05.07)

Born:	1877.10.07 (Valchiusella, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.10.02
Died:	1948.04.19 (Monza, Italy † 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) (1921.02.23 – 1929.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1921.03.10 – 1948.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1929.05.07 – 1946.07.18)

Bishop Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E.
(1903.09.12 – 1920.12)

Born:	1866.09.18 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1889.01.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.11.22
Died:	1943.12.23 (Monza, Italy † 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) (1903.09.12 – 1920.12)

Titular Bishop of Tanis (1903.09.12 – 1943.12.23)

Bishop Stefano Scarella (司德望), M.E.M.
(1882.09.01 – 1902.09.21)

Born:	1842.08.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1865.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.03.19
Died:	1902.09.21 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1882.09.01 – 1902.09.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) (1882.09.01 – 1902.09.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Zhang Yin-lin (張銀林) (54) (2015 – 2016.05.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Anyang 安阳, Henan
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Xinxiang 新鄉 (↙), Lu’an 潞安 (↖), Shunde 順德 (↑), Yongnian 永年 (↑), Daming 大名 (↗)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Population: 46,000 Catholics (1.8% of 2,500,000 total)

Personnel: 29 priests (17 diocesan, 12 religious), 48 religious (48 sisters), 7 seminarians