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
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceJinan
Statistics
Area17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopThomas Chen Tianhao
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Zhang Xianwang

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

History

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Ordinaries

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Apostolic Prefects of Qingdao
Apostolic Vicars of Qingdao
Bishops of Qingdao

References

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  1. ^ "Shandong: ordination d'un évêque "officiel" pour le diocèse de Qingdao après huit années de vacance" [Shandong: Bishop's ordination "official" for the Diocese of Qingdao after an eight year vacancy]. eglasie.mepasie.org (in French). Eglises D'Asie. Sep 2000. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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