The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun ( la, Chiceuven(sis), ) is a

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located in

Qizhou (in modern Hubei) Qizhou or Qi Prefecture (蘄州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Qichun County, Hubei, China. In the Yuan dynasty and Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynast ...

in the

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of Hankou in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

History

* July 18, 1929: Established as

Mission “sui iuris” A mission '' sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, ranki ...

of Huangzhou 黃州 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou 漢口 * June 1, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Huangzhou 黃州 * January 27, 1936: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qizhou 蘄州 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Qizhou 蘄州

Leadership

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s of Qizhou 蘄州 (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Horace Ferruccio Ceól Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

, O.F.M. (June 10, 1948 – June 23, 1990) * Vicars Apostolic of Qizhou 蘄州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop

Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli Ruggero (), the Italian equivalent of Roger, may refer to: * Ruggero I of Sicily (1031–1101) Norman king of Sicily *Ruggero Berlam (1854–1920), Italian architect * Ruggero Bonghi (1826–1895), Italian scholar, writer and politician * Ruggero ...

, O.F.M. (January 27, 1936 – 1941)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1929 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Hubei {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub