The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fenyang ( la, Feniamen(sis), ) is a

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located in the city of

Fenyang Fenyang (), formerly as Fenyang County () before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China. Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers w ...

(

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

) in the

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Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...

in China.

History

* May 12, 1926: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Fenyang 汾陽 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu 太原府) * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fenyang 汾陽

Leadership

* Vicars Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Aloysius Chen Guodi (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. (陳國砥) (May 10, 1926 – March 9, 1930) ** Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文) (July 23, 1930 – April 11, 1946) *

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s of Fenyang 汾陽 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文) (April 11, 1946 – January 15, 1948) ** Bishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞) (June 9, 1949 – 1963) ** Bishop

John Huo Cheng John Huo Cheng (; 1 February 1926 – 2 January 2023) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop. Life Bishop Huo was born in 1926. After practicing Taoism, he joined the theological seminary and on 14 May 1954 was ordained a priest. During the Cultura ...

(1991 – January 2, 2023)

References

GCatholic.org

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