Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian
The Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the PR China, near Beijing and Baoding.
History
On 1929.05.25, the jurisdiction was established as Mission sui juris of Yixian 易縣.Promoted on 9 December 1935 as Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian, remaining exempt and not entitled to a titular bishop.
Ordinaries
; Ecclesiastical superior of the Mission sui iuris of Yixian; Apostolic Prefects of Yixian
- Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S.
- Francis Zhou Shan-fu
- Paul Song Wei-li, Lazarists ; previously uncanonical Auxiliary Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 ; later uncanonical Bishop of the same Xianxian
- Peter Liu Guan-dong, succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Yixian
- Cosmas Shi En-xiang, previously Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian