Diocese of Fengxiang
The Diocese of Fengxiang is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese if the Catholic Church located in Fengxiang, China. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xi’an.
It is believed that this diocese, headed by Bishop Luke Li Jingfeng until his death late in 2017, is the only one in China where neither the laity nor the bishop belong to the government-sponsored Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. Since 2017, the bishop has been Peter Li Huiyuan.
History
- November 15, 1932: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xi’anfu 西安府
- June 9, 1942: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fengxiang 鳳翔
Leadership
- Prefects Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府
- * Fr. Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan, O.F.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Fengxiangfu 鳳翔府
- * Bishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan, O.F.M.
- Bishops of Fengxiang 鳳翔
- * Bishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan, O.F.M.
- * Bishop Anthony [Zhou Wei-dao], O.F.M.
- * Bishop Lucas Li Jing-feng
- * Bishop Peter Li Huiyuan