The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei ( la, Archidioecesis Taipehensis) 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 ...

of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. Pope Pius XII erected it 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 Taipei on 30 December 1949. On 7 August 1952, it was elevated to an archdiocese, with the suffragan sees of

Chiayi Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical name ...

Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

, Hualien, Kaohsiung,

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

, and

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

. The archdiocese's

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is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. As the only metropolitan in Taiwan, it is the principal episcopal see of that country.

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accepted the mandatory resignation of John Hung Shan-chuan upon reaching retirement age and appointed Thomas Chung An-zu as Archbishop of Taipei on 23 May 2020. For many years, each person appointed Archbishop of Taipei has also been appointed as

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of the

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separat ...

and Matsu islands, which form part of the Diocese of Xiamen.Vatican-Taiwan Newsletter 2nd issue, 2020 accessed on the website of the Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See on 12 June 2020 noting "The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu of Chiyai, as the new Archbishop of Taipei and Apostolic Administrator of the Kinmen and Matsu Islands, located a few miles off the coast of mainland China on 23 May 2020"

List of Ordinaries of Taipei

* Joseph Kuo Joshih (13 June 1950 Appointed – 4 December 1959 Resigned) ** Cardinal Thomas Tien Ken-Sin (

, 16 December 1959 Appointed – 15 February 1966 Retired) * Stanislaus Lo Kuang (15 February 1966 Appointed – 5 August 1978 Resigned) * Matthew Kia Yen-Wen (15 November 1978 Appointed – 11 February 1989 Resigned) * Joseph Ti-kang (11 February 1989 Succeeded – 24 January 2004 Retired) * Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (24 January 2004 Appointed – 9 November 2007 Retired) * John Hung Shan-Chuan (9 November 2007 Appointed – 23 May 2020 Retired) * Thomas Chung An-Zu (23 May 2020 Appointed – present)

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Christian organizations established in 1949 Roman Catholic dioceses in Taiwan Roman Catholic Archdiocese Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1949 establishments in Taiwan {{Taiwan-stub

List of Ordinaries of Taipei

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