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Diocese of Qinzhou 秦州, China 🇨🇳

Celebrations

History

  • 1905.04.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (中文) / Kansu Meridionale (Italiano) / Southern Gānsù 甘肃南境 (简体中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gansu 甘肅)
  • 1922.03.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kansu 甘肅東境 (中文) / Kan-su Orientale (Italiano) / Eastern Gānsù 甘肃东境 (简体中文) (lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境)
  • 1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州 (中文) / Tsinchow / Qínzhōu 秦州 (简体中文) / de Tsinchow (Latin)
  • 1930.01.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Pingliang 平涼
  • 1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Qinzhou 秦州 (中文) / Tianshui 天水 (中文) / Tsínchow / Qínzhōu 秦州 (简体中文) / Tiānshuǐ 天水 (简体中文) / Zinceuven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lanzhou 蘭州)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Wang Ruo-wang (62)Bishop John Wang Ruo-wang (王若望) (62)
(2011 – ...)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

Born:1962 (China)
Ordained Priest:1983
Consecrated Bishop:2011.08.19 (clandestinely)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (2011 – ...)

Bishop Augustine Zhao Jing-nong (趙經農)
(1981 – 2004.05.16▼)

Born:1909.06.29 (China)
Ordained Priest:1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1981.07.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:2004.05.16 († 94)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1981 – 2004.05.16▼)

Bishop Casimir Wang Mi-lu (王彌祿)
(1981 – 2003.07.24)

Born:1943.01.24 (China)
Ordained Priest:1980.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:1981.02.20 (clandestinely)
Died:2017.02.14 († 74)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1981 – 2003.07.24)

Bishop Peter Gratian Grimm (甘維德), O.F.M. Cap.
(1949.04.21 – 1972.11.24)

Fide

Born:1901.07.28 (Jügesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1930.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1949.07.25
Died:1972.11.24 (Ottersweier, Germany † 71)

Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1949.04.21 – 1972.11.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga (Indonesia) (1959.11.17 – 1971.03.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (法來善), O.F.M. Cap.
(1922.03.28 – 1946.01.01)

Born:1874.10.22 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1901.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1912.12.08
Died:1946.01.01 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Mariana and Caroline Islands (Micronesia) (1912.08.21 – 1919.06.23)

Titular Bishop of Tanagra (1912.08.21 – 1946.01.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1922.03.28 – 1946.01.01)

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Constantin Daems (湯執中), C.I.C.M.
(1914.05.05 – 1922.03.08)

Bishop-elect Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M.
(1906.06.21 – 1914.05.06)

Born:1868.11.05 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1892.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1914.11.15
Died:1931.05.05 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (China) (1906.06.21 – 1914.05.06)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) (1914.05.06 – 1924.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Parœcopolis (1914.05.06 – 1931.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia) (1924 – 1931.05.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾 (China) (1924.01.12 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1931.05.05)

Former Prelates

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 45,000 km²

Population: 8,548 Catholics (0.3% of 2,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 54 missions

Personnel: 28 priests (10 diocesan, 18 religious), 34 religious (1 brother, 33 sisters), 2 seminarians