Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai/Chefoo/Zhifou/Yentai is a diocese
located in the city of Yantai
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Jinan in China.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Yantai
Yantai
Yantai is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Laizhou Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively.The largest fishing...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Jinan in China.
History
- February 22, 1894: Established as Apostolic VicariateApostolic vicariateAn apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more...
of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung 山東北境 - December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yantai 煙台
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Yantai 煙台 (Roman rite)- Bishop Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo, O.F.M. (宗懷謨) (June 14, 1951–1978)
- Bishop Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M.c (April 11, 1946 – January 20, 1950)
- Vicars Apostolic of Zhifou 芝罘 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. (September 9, 1911 – December 1, 1936)
- Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 (Roman Rite)
- Bishop Césaire Shang, O.F.M. (May 6, 1894 – September 9, 1911)