The Diocese of Nanyang (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see is Nanyang, Henan. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.
History
1844: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京 August 28, 1882: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境 December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府 April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanyang 南陽
Leadership
Bishops of Nanyang 南陽
Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu () (June 30, 2011 – present) Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen () (1981 - 2011) Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (April 11, 1946 – February 19, 1978) Vicars Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府 Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (March 29, 1938 – April 11, 1946) Bishop Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. () (June 14, 1917 – 1937) Vicars Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. () (September 1, 1882 – December 21, 1904) Vicars Apostolic of Honan 河南 Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. (April 8, 1856 – September 9, 1877) Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. () (March 2, 1844 – 1865)
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Diocese website (Chinese)