• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun (Latin: Fuscioenen(sis), Chinese: 撫順) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 in PR China.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of St. Joseph, located in the city of Fushun.




History


Established on February 4, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fushun 撫順, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Shenyang 瀋陽
Promoted on February 13, 1940 as Apostolic Vicariate of Fushun 撫順
April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Fushun 撫順, ending its missionary exempt, pre-diocesan status, yet it still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.




Ordinaries


(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Fushun 撫順
Fr. Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (April 14, 1932 – February 13, 1940 see below)
Apostolic Vicar of Fushun 撫順
Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above February 13, 1940 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Hypæpa (1940.02.13 – 1946.04.11)
Suffragan Bishops of Fushun 撫順
Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – August 7, 1946); later Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1946.08.07 – retired 1956.08.06)
Vacant since 7 August 1946, without Apostolic Administrator.




Sources and external links


GCatholic.org, with titular incumbent biography links
Catholic Hierarchy

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Christianity in Liaoning
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
• List of Catholic dioceses of Asia
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
• List of Catholic dioceses in China
• Church of the Transfiguration, Roman Catholic (Manhattan)
• Raymond Aloysius Lane
• Edward Aloysius McGurkin