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Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding

Coordinates: 38°51′00″N 115°28′59″E / 38.8500°N 115.4830°E / 38.8500; 115.4830
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Diocese of Baoding

Dioecesis Paotimensis

保定教区
Baoding Cathedral
Location
Country{
Ecclesiastical provinceBeijing
Statistics
Area12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1950)
2,000,000
78,601 (3.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Baoding
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede Vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Li Shan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan (Latin: Paotimen(sis), Chinese: 保定, 青苑) is a diocese located in the city of Baoding in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China.

History

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Special churches

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Leadership

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  • Bishops of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Su Zhi-Ming ( December 21, 1995 -
    • Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (範學淹) (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992)
    • Bishop [{John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德) (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13)
    • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946)
    • Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946)
    • Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. (满德胎) (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)

References

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  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Baoding 保定". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. [self-published]

38°51′00″N 115°28′59″E / 38.8500°N 115.4830°E / 38.8500; 115.4830