Diocese of Yongping 永平, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Yongping 永平 (中文) / Lulong 盧龍 (中文) / Lu Lung / Yüngpíng / Lúlóng 卢龙 (简体中文) / Yǒngpíng 永平 (简体中文) / Iompimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beijing 北京

Neighbouring Dioceses: Beijing 北京 (←), Chengde 承德 (↑), Rehe 熱河 (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Tangshan 唐山 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1899.12.23: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東境 (中文) / Ce-Li Orientale (Italiano) / Eastern Zhílì 直隶东境 (简体中文) / Ce-li orientalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府 (中文) / Yungpingfu / Yǒngpíngfǔ 永平府 (简体中文) / de Yungpingfu (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Yongping 永平 (中文) / Lulong 盧龍 (中文) / Lu Lung / Yüngpíng / Lúlóng 卢龙 (简体中文) / Yǒngpíng 永平 (简体中文) / Iompimen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Beijing 北京)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.11 – ...▼):

Bishop Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yongping 永平 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (63)
(2010.11 – ...▼)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) ▼

放牧我的羊群

Born:	1962.11.25 (Lulong, 河北, China)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.06

Coadjutor Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (2000 – 2010.11▼)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (2010.11 – ...▼)

Bishop Paul Liu Jing-he (劉景和)
(1981 – 2010.11▼)

Born:	1920.12.30 (Huanghuagang, China)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.20 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2013.12.11 (Tangshan, China † 92)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (1981 – 2010.11▼)

Bishop Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) ▼
(1958 – 1966?▼)

Born:	1909 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.20
Died:	1966? († 57)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (1958 – 1966?▼)

Fr. John Herrijgers (和毓華), C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1948.06.04 – 1983)

Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M.
(1946.04.11 – 1948.03.06)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1878.02.07 (Hoensbroek, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1904.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.11.18
Died:	1957.05.27 (Haarlem, Netherlands † 79)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China) (1928.07.16 – 1940.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Conana (1928.07.16 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China) (1940.07.21 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1948.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1948.03.06 – 1957.05.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M.
(1940.07.21 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Ernest François Geurts (武致中), C.M.
(1924.12.03 – 1940.07.21)

Sitientes venite ad aquas

Born:	1862.12.09 (Maashees, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1887.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.02.04
Died:	1940.07.21 (Lulung, China † 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東境 (China) (1899.12.14 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (1899.12.14 – 1940.07.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1940.07.21)

Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ernest François Geurts (武致中), C.M.
(1899.12.14 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (63) (2000 – 2010.11)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M. (1928.07.16 – 1940.07.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei
Former Cathedral: Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Lulung 卢龙, Hebei

Beijing 北京 (←), Chengde 承德 (↑), Rehe 熱河 (↗)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 30,000 km²

Population: 35,965 Catholics (0.9% of 4,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 49 missions

Personnel: 42 priests (12 diocesan, 30 religious), 58 religious (9 brothers, 49 sisters), 7 seminarians