The Apostolic Prefecture of Xining 西寧 is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction in central

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. It is exempt, i.e. depends directly on the

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and its missionary

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新疆,

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou ( la, Lanceuven(sis), ) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Catholic church with an Ecclesiastical province, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its ...

蘭州,

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu (formerly spelt Chengtu) ( la, Dioecesis Cemtuana; zh, t=天主教成都教區, s=天主教成都教区) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing ...

成都 and

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding/Kanting ( la, Dioecesis Camtimensis, zh, t=天主教康定教區) is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, but still dependent on the Roman Missi ...

康定. It may be vacant by demise, if so without

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History

Established on 4 February 1937 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 Xining 西寧 (中文) / Sining / Siningen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府.

Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Xining 西寧'' * Father Hyeronimus Haberstroh,

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(S.V.D.) (born 1937.11.12 – death 1969.08.13) * Matthias Gu Zheng (顧征) (11 September 1991–).

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