The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh ( la, Coeiteven(sis), ) is a

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Latin

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in the

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Kaifeng Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the Nort ...

in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary

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. Its

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episcopal see is Cathedral of the

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(South Church), located in the city of

Shangqiu Shangqiu (), alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectively ...

商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh), in

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province. No statistics available. It is vacant, without

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, since 2009.

History

* Established June 19, 1928 as

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of Guide 歸德/ de Kweiteh (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 (now its Metropolitan) * Promoted on May 18, 1937 as Apostolic Vicariate of Guide 歸德 * Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Shangqiu/Guide 歸德 / Cœiteven(sis) (Latin)

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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, so far members of a missionary Latin Congregation) ;''Apostolic Prefect of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德 '' * father Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate,

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(O.A.R.) (born Spain) (8 January 1929 – 18 May 1937 ''see below'') ;''Apostolic Vicar of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德 '' * Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (''see above'' 18 May 1937 – 11 April 1946 ''see below''),

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(1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Shangqiu/Guide '' * Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (''see above'' 11 April 1946 – retired 11 December 1947), emeritate as

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(1947.12.11 – death 1976.09.06) * Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares, O.A.R. (born Spain) (10 November 1949 – death 21 November 1970) * Nicholas Shi Jing-xian, O.S.A. (first China-born incumbent) (1991 - ''uncanonical since 1999 - death 2001'') * vacancy.

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GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub

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Episcopal ordinaries

See also

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