Diocese of Datong
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong/Tatung is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in PR China.
It has its cathedral episcopal see Cathedral of the [Immaculate Heart of Mary, Datong|Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary] in the city of Datong but is vacant.
History
- Established on March 14, 1922 as Apostolic Prefecture of Datongfu 大同府, on territory split off from the Apostolic [Vicariate of Northern Shansi] 山西北境)
- Promoted on June 17, 1932 as Apostolic Vicariate of Datongfu 大同府
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Datong 大同, ceasing to be exempt and becoming a suffragan.
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Prefect of Datongfu 大同府- Father Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M., previously Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission [sui iuris of I-li] 伊犁
- Franciscus Joosten, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (in Isauria)
- Franciscus Joosten, C.I.C.M.
- Apostolic Administrator Alphonse Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M., later Secretary General of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference 1967 – 1970
- Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong
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