The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian/Kinghsien ( la, Chimscien(sis), ) is a

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located in Jingxian (

Hengshui Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') are ...

) in the

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in China.

History

* April 24, 1939: Established as the

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of Jingxian 景縣 from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xianxian/Síenhsíen ( la, Scienscienen(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Xianxian in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. History left, View of the mission at the end of the 19th century * M ...

獻縣 * January 9, 1947: Promoted as Diocese of Jingxian 景縣

Leadership

Prefects Apostolic of Jingxian 景縣 (Roman Rite)

# Fr. Leopoldo Brellinger, S.J. () (later Bishop) (May 4, 1939 – January 9, 1947)

Bishops of Jingxian 景縣 (Roman rite)

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, S.J. () (January 9, 1947 – September 18, 1967) *

Peter Fan Wenxing Peter Fan Wenxing (; 27 January 1921 – 28 February 2006) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian from 1981 to 1999. Biography Fan was born in the village of Zhujiahe, Jing County, Hebei, China on Ja ...

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(December 20, 1981 - 1999) *

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(1989 - ?) *

Mathias Chen Xilu Mathias Chen Xilu (; 6 February 1928 – 16 January 2008) was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Hengshui, Hebei. He had been appointed to his post by the Vatican, and had been recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. Life ...

, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (1999 - January 16, 2008) *

Peter Feng Xinmao Peter Feng Xinmao (; born 21 January 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jingxian (Hengshui) since 2008. Biography Feng was born in Shenzhou, Hebei on January 21, 1963. He was ordained a priest in 19 ...

(January 16, 2008 - Current)

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Chinese)
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