Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou

Diocese of Tingzhou Dioecesis Timceuvensis 天主教汀州教区
Location
Country	China
Territory	Longyan (except Zhangping); Ninghua County, Qingliu County, Mingxi County, Sanyuan District, and Meilie District of Sanming
Ecclesiastical province	Fuzhou
Metropolitan	Fuzhou
Statistics
Area	20,000 km^2 (7,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1950) 1,220,000 4,318 (0.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Lin Jiashan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tingzhou/Changting (Latin: Timceuven(sis), Chinese: 汀州/長汀) is a diocese co-extensive with the Chinese imperial prefecture Tingzhou fu. The cathedral is located in the present-day Tingzhou town.

Post-revolutionary facts on the ground notwithstanding, the diocese remains in the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, under the Metropolitan See at Fuzhou.

History

• December 27, 1923: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tingzhou 汀州 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境
• May 8, 1947: Promoted as Diocese of Tingzhou 汀州

Bishops of Tingzhou 汀州 (Roman rite)

• Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. (May 8, 1947 – April 26, 1963)

Prefects Apostolic of Tingzhou 汀州 (Roman Rite)

• Fr. Edber M. Pelzer, O.P. (December 21, 1925 – 1945)

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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