Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong (Latin: Iompimen(sis), Chinese: 永平, 盧龍) is a Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing in PR China, without canonically mandated Ordinary since decades.
Diocese of Yongping Dioecesis Iompimensis 天主教永平教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Metropolitan | Beijing |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tangshan |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Fang Jian-ping |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Li Shan |
Its episcopal see is Immaculate Conception Cathedral, located in the city of Yongping (now Lulong, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)
History
- Established on December 23, 1899 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (now Peking archdiocese)
- Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府
- Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite, so far missionary members of a Latin congregation)
- Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東
- Ernest François Geurts, Congregation of the Mission (C.M.) (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 see below), Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (1899.12.14 – death 1940.07.21)
- Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府
- Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (see above December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940)
- Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of Conana (1928.07.16 – death 1946.04.11), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (1928.07.16 – 1940.07.21)
- Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平
- Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – March 6, 1948), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Calama (1948.03.06 – death 1957.05.27)
- Apostolic Administrator Fr. John Herrijgers, C.M. (June 4, 1948 – ?)
- uncanonical: Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) (1958 – death 1976.07.28, no papal mandate)
- uncanonical: Paul Liu Jing-he (劉景和) (1981 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)
- uncanonical: Peter Fang Jian-ping (方建平) (2010 - ...), succeeding as former uncanonical Coadjutor Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (2000 – 2010.11, no papal mandate)
Sources and external links
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