Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiayi
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Diocese of Kiayi
Dioecesis Kiayiensis
天主教嘉義教區
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Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Metropolitan | Taipei |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Metropolitan Archbishop | John Hung Shan-chuan |
Map | |
File:Taiwan - Diocesi di Kiayi.png | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiayi | |||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 天主教嘉義教區 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 天主教嘉義教区 | ||||||||||||||||
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Latin | Dioecesis Kiayiensis |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiayi (Lat: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Kiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is Thomas Chung An-zu, appointed in June 2007.
Ordinaries
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (21 May 1970 Appointed - 14 Dec 1974 Appointed, Bishop of Hwalien)
- Joseph Ti-kang (21 Jun 1975 Appointed - 3 May 1985 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Taipei)
- Joseph Lin Thien-chu † (25 Nov 1985 Appointed - 4 Mar 1994 Died)
- Peter Liu Cheng-chung (1 Jul 1994 Appointed - 5 Jul 2004 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung)
- John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. (16 Jan 2006 Appointed - 9 Nov 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Thomas Chung An-zu (24 Jan 2008 Appointed - )
See also
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