The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan'an/Fushi (, ) is a

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located in the city of

Yan'an Yan'an; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi Province of China, province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several c ...

(

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

) in the

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Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

in China.

History

* October 15, 1696: Established as the

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of Shensi 陝西 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京 * 1712: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi and Shansi 陝西山西 * March 2, 1844: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi 陝西 * August 2, 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shensi 陝西北境 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yan'anfu 延安府 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yan'an 延安

Leadership

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s of Yan'an 延安 (Roman rite) ** Bishop John Baptist Yang Xiaoting (2011–present) ** Bishop Francis Tong Hui (1999 - 2011) ** Bishop Pacific Li Huan-de, O.F.M. () (December 13, 1951 – 1973) ** Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. (April 11, 1946 – January 13, 1949) * Vicars Apostolic of Yan’anfu 延安府 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. (December 3, 1924 – April 11, 1946) * Vicars Apostolic of Northern Shensi 陝西北境 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. (April 12, 1911 – December 3, 1924) ** Bishop Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice, O.F.M. () (August 1, 1908 – April 12, 1911) ** Bishop Clemente Coltelli, O.F.M. () (April 19, 1900 – January 28, 1901) ** Bishop Pasquale Pagnucci, O.F.M. () (August 2, 1887 – January 29, 1901) ** Bishop Pio Vidi, O.F.M. () (August 2, 1887 – April 19, 1900) * Vicars Apostolic of Shensi 陝西 (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Pio Vidi, O.F.M. () (August 24, 1886 – August 2, 1887) ** Bishop Pasquale Pagnucci, O.F.M. () (April 12, 1884 – August 2, 1887)

References

GCatholic.org

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