The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong ( la, Iompimen(sis), ) is a Latin
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
in
PR China
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, without canonically mandated Ordinary since decades.
Its episcopal see is
Immaculate Conception
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It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
Cathedral
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, located in the city of Yongping (now
Lulong
Lulong County, formerly Yongping, is a county of Qinhuangdao City, in northeastern Hebei Province, China.
Administrative divisions
The county administers 6 towns and 6 townships.
Towns:
* Lulong (), Panzhuang (), Yanheying (), Shuangwang ...
, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)
History
* Established on December 23, 1899 as
Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the
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 (now Peking archdiocese)
* Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府
* Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平
Ordinaries
''(all
Roman Rite, so far missionary members of a Latin congregation)''
;''Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東''
* Ernest François Geurts,
Congregation of the Mission (C.M.) (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 ''see below''),
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of
Rhinocorura
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(1899.12.14 – death 1940.07.21)
;''Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府''
*
Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (''see above'' December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940)
* Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of
Conana (1928.07.16 – death 1946.04.11), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (1928.07.16 – 1940.07.21)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平''
* Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (''see above'' April 11, 1946 – March 6, 1948), emeritate as Titular Bishop of
Calama (1948.03.06 – death 1957.05.27)
*''
Apostolic Administrator
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Fr. John Herrijgers, C.M. (June 4, 1948 – ?)
*''uncanonical: Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) (1958 – death 1976.07.28, no papal mandate)''
*''uncanonical: Paul Liu Jing-he (劉景和) (1981 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)''
*''uncanonical: Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (2010 - ...), succeeding as former uncanonical
Coadjutor Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (2000 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)''
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
Roman Catholic dioceses in China
Religious organizations established in 1899
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
Christianity in Hebei
Lulong County
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