The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuchang ( la, Uciamen(sis), ) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in the

Wuchang District Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the rig ...

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

(

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

) in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Hankou Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers wher ...

in China.

History

* December 12, 1923: Established as

Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

of Wuchang 武昌 * May 31, 1930: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Wuchang 武昌 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Wuchang 武昌

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Wuchang 武昌 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Rombert Casimir Kowalski, O.F.M. (April 11, 1946 – November 27, 1970) * Vicars Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Rombert Casimir Kowalski, O.F.M. (November 24, 1941 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. (July 17, 1925 – October 25, 1940)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1923 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Hubei Organizations based in Wuhan {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub