The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi (Lat: ''Dioecesis Kiayiensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan. Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Taipei The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei ( la, Archidioecesis Taipehensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan. Pope Pius XII erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei on 30 December 1949. On 7 August 1952, it was el ...

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Matthew Kia Yen-wen Matthew Kia Yen-wen (; 17 January 1925 – 22 August 2017) was a bishop of Hualien and Chiayi, an archbishop of Taipei, and the Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei until his death in 2017. Kia was ordained priest on 15 July 1951 in Tainan, Taiwan. H ...

(21 May 1970 Appointed – 14 Dec 1974 Appointed, Bishop of Hwalien) *

Joseph Ti-kang Joseph Ti Kang (7 May 1928 – 29 December 2022) was a Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate who served as the archbishop of Taipei from 1989 to 2004. He was born in Xinxiang, China. He became Bishop of Kiayi, and was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Che ...

(21 Jun 1975 Appointed – 3 May 1985 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Taipei) *

Joseph Lin Thien-chu Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

† (25 Nov 1985 Appointed – 4 Mar 1994 Died) *

Peter Liu Cheng-chung Peter Liu Cheng-chung is a Roman Catholic prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Peter Liu has been chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University since 2009. Early life Liu was born on 12 April 1951 in Chiayi, Taiwan. Priest ...

(1 Jul 1994 Appointed – 5 Jul 2004 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung) * John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. (16 Jan 2006 Appointed – 9 Nov 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei) *

Thomas Chung An-zu Thomas Chung An-zu is the current serving archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan and Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu. Early life Chung was born in Yunlin County in Taiwan on 7 August 1952. ...

(24 Jan 2008 Appointed – 23 May 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei) * Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung (15 Feb 2022 Appointed – present)

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