The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong ( la, Iompimen(sis), ) is a Latin

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in the

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, without canonically mandated Ordinary since decades. Its episcopal see is

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, located in the city of Yongping (now

Lulong Lulong County, formerly Yongping, is a county of Qinhuangdao City, in northeastern Hebei Province, China. Administrative divisions The county administers 6 towns and 6 townships. Towns: * Lulong (), Panzhuang (), Yanheying (), Shuangwang ...

, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)

History

* Established on December 23, 1899 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing ( la, Archidioecesis Pechimensis) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese in the People's Republic of China. Special churches Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (South Church) l ...

直隸北境 (now Peking archdiocese) * Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府 * Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平

Ordinaries

''(all

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, so far missionary members of a Latin congregation)'' ;''Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東'' * Ernest François Geurts,

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(C.M.) (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 ''see below''),

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(1899.12.14 – death 1940.07.21) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府'' *

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, C.M. (''see above'' December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940) * Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of

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(1928.07.16 – death 1946.04.11), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (1928.07.16 – 1940.07.21) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平'' * Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (''see above'' April 11, 1946 – March 6, 1948), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Calama (1948.03.06 – death 1957.05.27) *''

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Fr. John Herrijgers, C.M. (June 4, 1948 – ?) *''uncanonical: Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) (1958 – death 1976.07.28, no papal mandate)'' *''uncanonical: Paul Liu Jing-he (劉景和) (1981 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)'' *''uncanonical: Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (2010 - ...), succeeding as former uncanonical

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of Yongping 永平 (China) (2000 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)''

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1899 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Christianity in Hebei Lulong County {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub