The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xinyang/Sínyang ( la, Siniamen(sis), ) is a

diocese In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of

Xinyang Xinyang (; postal: Sinyang) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China, the southernmost administrative division in the province. Its total population was 6,234,401 according to the 2020 census. As of t ...

in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

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 No ...

in China.

History

* December 15, 1927: Established as the

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 Xinyangzhou 信陽州 from Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府 * April 25, 1933: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Xinyang 信陽

Leadership

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s of Xinyang 信陽 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Antonio Pott, S.V.D. (March 8, 1951 – 1954) ** Bishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan), S.V.D. () (April 11, 1946 – November 13, 1949) * Vicars Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan), S.V.D. () (July 8, 1941 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop Ermanno Schoppelrey, S.V.D. (December 13, 1933 – May 25, 1940) * Prefects Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (Roman Rite) ** Fr. Giorgio Froewis, S.V.D. (August 1, 1928 – 1932)

References

GCatholic.org

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