Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu

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Diocese of Guide

Dioecesis Coeitevensis

天主教归德教区
Location
Country China
Ecclesiastical provinceKaifeng
MetropolitanKaifeng
Statistics
Area8,000 km2 (3,100 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1950)
2,000,000
9,973 (0.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shangqiu
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede Vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Gao Hong-xiao

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh (Latin: Coeiteven(sis), Chinese: 歸德, 商邱) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (South Church), located in the city of Shangqiu 商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh), in Henan province.

No statistics available. It is vacant, without apostolic administrator, since 2009.

History[edit]

Episcopal ordinaries[edit]

(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary Latin Congregation)

Apostolic Prefect of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
  • father Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, Order of Saint Augustine (O.A.R.) (born Spain) (8 January 1929 – 18 May 1937 see below)
Apostolic Vicar of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
  • Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. (see above 18 May 1937 – 11 April 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Chusira (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11)
Suffragan Bishops of Shangqiu/Guide

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