Roman Catholic Diocese of Qingdao

The Diocese of Qingdao/Tsingtao (German: Bistum Tsingtao, Latin: Zimtaoven(sis), simplified Chinese: 青岛; traditional Chinese: 青島; pinyin: Qīngdǎo) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan.

Diocese of Qingdao Dioecesis Zimtaovensis Bistum Tsingtao 天主教青岛教区
St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Jinan
Statistics
Area	17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Thomas Chen Tianhao
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Zhang Xianwang

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael in the city of Qingdao, in Shandong.

History

• Established on 11 February 1925 as Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao (青島), on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu (兖州府)
• On 14 June 1928 it was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qingdao, remaining a pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See), but now entitled to a [titular bishop].
• On 1 July 1937, it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Yizhoufu (沂州府)
• 11 April 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Qingdao.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Qingdao

• Georg Weig, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (18 March 1925–14 June 1928 see below)

Apostolic Vicars of Qingdao

• Georg Weig, S.V.D. (see above 14 June 1928–1941), Titular Bishop of Antandrus (1928.06.14–1941.10.03)
• Thomas (Cardinal) Tien-ken-sin, S.V.D. (田耕莘) (10 November 1942–11 April 1946), Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1939.07.11 –1946.02.18), previously Apostolic Prefect of Yanggu (陽穀) (China) (1934.02.23–1939.07.11), promoted Apostolic Vicar of Yanggu (1939.07.11–1942.11.10); later Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1946.02.22–1967.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京) (China) (1946.04.11–1967.07.24) and Apostolic Administrator of Taipei 臺北) (Taiwan) (1959.12.16–1966.02.15)

Bishops of Qingdao

• Faustino M. Tissot, Xaverian Missionary Fathers (S.X.) (1946–1947), later Bishop of Zhengzhou (鄭州) (China) (1946.05.10–1983)
• Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. (8 July 1948–18 November 1964)
• uncanonical: Paul Han Xirang (韓錫讓), Friars Minor (O.F.M.), consecrated without papal mandate (1988–1992.03.06)
• Joseph Li Mingshu (August 2000–15 June 2018)
• Thomas Chen Tianhao (2020-)

Source and External links

• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy