The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou/Tsínchow/Tianshui ( la, Zinceuven(sis), ) is a

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located in Qinzhou (

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

) in the

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in China.

History

* April 28, 1905: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kan-su 甘肅 * March 8, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kansu 甘肅東境 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州 * April 11, 1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Qinzhou 秦州

Leadership

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s of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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(August 19, 2011 – present) ** Acting Bishop

(July 24, 2003 - August 19, 2011) ** Bishop

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(January 28, 1981 - July 24, 2003) ** Bishop Peter G. Grimm,

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(April 21, 1949 – November 17, 1959) * Vicars Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (March 28, 1922 – January 1, 1946) * Vicars Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (Roman Rite) ** Fr.

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, C.I.C.M. (1914–1922) ** Bishop Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. (1905 – May 6, 1914)

References

GCatholic.org

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