Archdiocese of Fuzhou
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou is an archdiocese centred on the city of Fuzhou in China.
History
- 1680: the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian was established and separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin
- In 1838, Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz advised the Holy See that "he could no longer administer the provinces of Tche-Kiang and Kiang-si, entrusted to him since 1798, as he too busy and absorbed in the many cares of such a vast Vicariate". Accordingly, Pope Gregory XVI agreed to separate these two provinces from Carpena Diaz' territory.
- On October 3, 1883 the area was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien
- On December 27, 1923 it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou
- The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou was established on 11 April 1946.
Significant churches
- Former Cathedral:
- *澳尾巷玫瑰圣母堂
- St Dominic's Cathedral
Leadership
Vicars Apostolic of Fujian / Fo-kien 福建- Bishop François Pallu, M.E.P.
- Bishop Charles Maigrot, M.E.P.
- Bishop St. Pedro Sans i Jordà, O.P.
- Bishop Eusebio Oscot, O.P.
- Bishop Francisco Pallás Faro, O.P.
- Bishop José Calvo, O.P.
- Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz, O.P.
- Bishop Miguel Calderón, O.P.
- Bishop Salvador Masot y Gómez, O.P.
- Bishop Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P.
- Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P.
- Archbishop John Er-shi Ye
- Archbishop John Shu-dao Yang
- Archbishop Peter Lin Jiashan
- Archbishop Joseph Cai Bingrui
- Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan