The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou/Swatow ( la, Scianteuven(sis), ) is a

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located in the city of

Shantou Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative ...

in the

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Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

in China.

History

* April 6, 1914: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮州 from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton) ( la, Archidioecesis Cantonensis, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guangzhou in China. History * 1848: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi from the Diocese of ...

廣東 * August 18, 1915: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shantou 汕頭 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Shantou 汕頭

Leadership

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s of Shantou 汕頭 (Roman rite) ** Bishop Peter Zhuang Jian-jian (2006–present) ''(Clandestinely)'' ** Bishop

John Cai Tiyuan John Cai Tiyuan (; 25 December 1920 - 24 November 1997) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou between 1981 and 2000. Biography Cai was born into a Catholic family in Jiexi County, Guangdong, China, on ...

(1981–2000) ** Bishop Charles Vogel,

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(April 11, 1946–April 13, 1958) * Vicars Apostolic of Shantou 汕頭 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Charles Vogel, M.E.P. (December 9, 1935–April 11, 1946) ** Bishop

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, M.E.P. (July 17, 1914–May 1, 1935)

References

GCatholic.org

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