Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan
Appearance
Diocese of Tainan Dioecesis Tainanensis 天主教台南教區 | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Territory | Tainan and Penghu |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,870 km2 (1,110 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,997,000 8,274 (0.4%) |
Parishes | 44 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 March 1961 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of China in Tainan |
Secular priests | 22 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Bosco Lin Chi-nan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Map | |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan (Lat: Dioecesis Tainanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Erected in March 1961, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei. The diocese has not undergone any jurisdictional changes.
The current bishop is Bosco Lin Chi-nan, appointed in January 2004.
Ordinaries
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang † (21 Mar 1961 Appointed - 15 Feb 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang † (7 Jun 1966 Appointed - 3 Dec 1990 Retired)
- Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (3 Dec 1990 Appointed - 24 Jan 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Bosco Lin Chi-nan (24 Jan 2004 Appointed - )
See also
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