The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yanji/Yenki ( la, Ienchiven(sis), ) is a

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located in the city of

Yanji Yanji (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 연길, ''Yeon-gil;'' Hangul: 옌지, ''Yenji;'' alternately romanized as Yenki) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Its population i ...

(

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

) in the

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of Shenyang 瀋陽 in China.

History

* July 19, 1928: Established as the

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 Yanji 延吉 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan * April 13, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Yanji 延吉 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yanji 延吉

Leadership

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s of Yanji 延吉 (Roman rite) ** Fr. Timotheus Bitterli,

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(이 디모테오) (Apostolic Administrator April 9, 1954 – October 4, 1985) ** Bishop Theodor Breher, O.S.B. (April 11, 1946 – November 2, 1950) * Prefects Apostolic of Yanji 延吉 (Roman Rite) ** Fr. Theodor Breher, O.S.B. (later Bishop) (February 5, 1929 – April 13, 1937)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in China Christian organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Organizations based in Jilin Yanji {{PRChina-RC-diocese-stub