Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung

The Diocese of Kaohsiung (Lat: Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.

Diocese of Kaohsiung

Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis

天主教高雄教區
Location
Country Taiwan
TerritoryKaohsiung and Pingtung County
Ecclesiastical provinceTaipei
Deaneries9
Statistics
Area5,723 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2017)
3,606,851
37,814 (1.0%)
Parishes60
Churches111
Members35,781
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJuly 19, 1913; 111 years ago (1913-07-19)
CathedralHoly Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Patron saintOur Lady of Rosary
Secular priests35
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPeter Liu Cheng-chung
Metropolitan ArchbishopThomas Chung An-zu
Vicar GeneralRt. Msgr. Anthony Huang Chung-wei
Episcopal VicarsRev. Vincent Li Han-min OP
Rev. Dominic Yung-Hsiung Tu
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocese has the distinction of being the first Catholic ecclesiastical territory erected on the island of Taiwan. Created as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Island of Formosa in 1913, the name was changed to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsiung in 1949. In 1961, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.

The current bishop is Peter Liu Cheng-chung, appointed in January 2006. In November 2009, he was given the "ad personam" (personal) title of archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI.

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