Diocese of

Yongnian 永年

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yongnian 永年 (中文) / Weixian 魏縣 (中文) / Yüngníen / Wèixiàn 魏县 (简体中文) / Yǒngnián 永年 (简体中文) / Iomnienin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Neighbouring Dioceses: Shunde 順德 (↑), Jingxian 景縣 (↗), Linqing 臨清 (→), Daming 大名 (↓), Jixian 級縣 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Dioceses: Xingtai 邢臺 Uncanonical Diocese, Handan 邯鄲 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016 – ...):Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (58)Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (孫繼根) (58)
Bishop (2017.11.16 – ...▼):Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (58)Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (孫繼根) (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yongnian 永年 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (58)Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (孫繼根) (58)
(2017.11.16 – ...▼)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) ▼
Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

Quia Dominus eum necessarium habet / 主要用他

Born:1967.08.02 (China)
Ordained Priest:1995.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:2011.06.21 (clandestinely)

Coadjutor Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (2011 – 2016)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (2016 – ...)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (2017.11.16 – ...▼)

Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (58)Bishop Joseph Sun Ji-gen (孫繼根) (58)
(2016 – ...)

(see above)

Bishop Stephen Yang Xiang-tai (楊祥太)
(1999.09.17 – 2016)

我來不是為人服侍而是服侍人

Born:1923.01.03 (武安市高村, 河北, China)
Ordained Priest:1949.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1996.11.03
Died:2021.10.13 (邯郸, 河北, China † 98)

Coadjutor Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1996 – 1999.09.17)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1999.09.17 – 2016)

Bishop John Han Ding-xiang (韓鼎祥)
(1989 – 2007.09.09)

Born:1937.05.17 (河北, China)
Ordained Priest:1986.10.21
Consecrated Bishop:1989.11.12 (clandestinely)
Died:2007.09.09 (Shijiazhuang, 河北, China † 70)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1989 – 2007.09.09)

Bishop Peter Chen Bai-lu (陳柏蘆)
(1988 – 1999.09.17)

聖神是真理

Born:1913.06.03 (China)
Ordained Priest:1944.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1986.04.29
Died:2009.11.05 (Dazhong, China † 96)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1988 – 1999.09.17)

Bishop Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) ▼
(1958 – 1987.03.27▼)

Born:1888 (China)
Consecrated Bishop:1958.04.20
Died:1987.03.27 († 98)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1958 – 1987.03.27▼)

Bishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂)
(1946.04.11 – 1951)

Born:1877.07.27 (Siaohsien, China)
Ordained Priest:1904.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1933.06.11
Died:1953 († 76)

Prefect Apostolic of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1929.06.01 – 1933.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Tanais (1933.03.06 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1933.03.06 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951)

Vicars Apostolic of Yongnian 永年 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂)
(1933.03.06 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Yongnian 永年 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂) (later Bishop)
(1929.06.01 – 1933.03.06)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Shunde 順德 (↑), Jingxian 景縣 (↗), Linqing 臨清 (→), Daming 大名 (↓), Jixian 級縣 (↓)

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