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located in the city of

Baoding Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...

in the

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in China.

History

* February 14, 1910: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing ( la, Archidioecesis Pechimensis) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese in the People's Republic of China. Special churches Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (South Church) l ...

直隸北境 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定

Special churches

*National Shrine: **中华圣母国家朝圣地
(''National Shrine of

Our Lady of China Our Lady of China, the Great Mother ( zh, t=中華大聖母, s=中华大圣母, first=t, p=Zhōnghuá Da Shèngmǔ), also known as Our Lady of Donglü ( zh, t=東閭聖母, s=东闾圣母, first=t, p=Dōnglǘ Shèngmǔ, links=no), is a Catholic t ...

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Leadership

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s of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Su Zhi-Ming ( December 21, 1995 - ** Bishop

Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (December 29, 1907 – April 13, 1992) was a Chinese Roman Catholic priest and bishop who lived in China during the 20th century. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Baoding. Early life He was born in S ...

() (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992) ** Bishop John_Zhang_Bi-de_()_(July_19,_1946_-_June_1951),_while_Bishop_of_Zhaoxian_趙縣_(China)_(1946.04.11_–_1953.02.13) **_Bishop_Joseph_Zhou_Ji-shi,_Congregation_of_the_Mission.html" ;"title="Joseph_Zhou_Ji-shi.html" ;"title="John Zhang Bi-de () (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13) ** Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi">John Zhang Bi-de () (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13) ** Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, Congregation of the Mission">C.M. () (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946) ** Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006) * Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. () (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946) ** Bishop

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, C.M. () (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930) * Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. () (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)

References

* * Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1910 Baoding Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1910 establishments in China Christianity in Hebei {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub