Diocese of Xiwanzi
The Diocese of Xiwanzi/Chongli was a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Xiwanzi, Chongli District in the ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan in China. It was suppressed on 10 September 2025, with its territory subsumed by the newly established Diocese of Zhangjiakou.
History
- August 20, 1840: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東
- December 21, 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古
- March 14, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Chahar 察哈爾
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi 西彎子
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Xiwanzi 西彎子
Leadership
- Bishops of Xiwanzi
- * Bishop Andrew Hao Jinli
- * Bishop Melchior Zhang Kexing
- * Bishop Leone Giovanni M. De Smedt, C.I.C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Xiwanzi 西彎子
- * Bishop Leone Giovanni M. De Smedt, C.I.C.M.
- * Bishop Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Chahaer 察哈爾
- * Bishop Jeroom Van Aertselaer, C.I.C.M.
- Vicars Apostolic of Mongolia 蒙古
- * Bishop Florent Daguin, C.M.
- * Bishop Joseph-Martial Mouly, C.M.