Roman Catholic Diocese of Hualien
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hualien (Lat: Dioecesis Hvalienensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Diocese of Hualien Dioecesis Hvalienensis 天主教花蓮教區 | |
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Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Territory | Counties of Hualien and Taitung |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,144 km2 (3,144 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 586,241 56,810 (9.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians in Hualien City |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Philip Huang Chao-ming |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Auxiliary Bishops | John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
Erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hualien in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, in 1963. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is Philip Huang Chao-ming, appointed in November 2001.
Ordinaries
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen (14 Dec 1974 Appointed - 15 Nov 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
- Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (15 Nov 1979 Appointed - 4 Mar 1991 Appointed, Bishop of Kaohsiung)
- Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un (23 Jan 1992 Appointed - 19 Nov 2001 Retired)
- Philip Huang Chao-ming (19 Nov 2001 Appointed - )
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