The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lishui ( la, Liscioëiven(sis), ) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Lishui Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...

in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

in China.

History

* July 2, 1931: Established 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 Chuzhou from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbo dialect: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, ...

寧波 * May 18, 1937: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Lishui 麗水 * May 28, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lishui 麗水 * May 13, 1948: Promoted as Diocese of Lishui 麗水

Leadership

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s of Lishui 麗水 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. (May 13, 1948 – October 31, 1983) * Vicars Apostolic of Lishui 麗水 (Roman Rite) ** Fr. William Cecil MacGrath, S.F.M. (March 4, 1932 – 1941)

References

GCatholic.org

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