- Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong/Tangshan (Latin: Iompimen(sis), Chinese: 永平, 盧龍) is a Latin Church diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. Its seat is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Yongping (now Lulong, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)
History
Established on December 23, 1899 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (now Peking archdiocese)
Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府
Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平
Ordinaries
Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東
Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 see below), Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (December 14, 1899 – July 21, 1940)
Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府
Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (see above December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940)
Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of Conana (July 16, 1928 - April 11, 1946), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (July 16, 1928 – July 21, 1940)
Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平
Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – March 6, 1948), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Calama
Apostolic Administrator Fr. John Herrijgers, C.M. (June 4, 1948 – ?)
Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) (1958 – death July 28, 1976)
Paul Liu Jinghe (劉景和) (1981 – November 2010)
Peter Fang Jianping (方建平) (2010 - present), formerly Coadjutor Bishop of Yongping
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
Catholic Hierarchy
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- List of Catholic dioceses of Asia
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing
- List of Catholic dioceses in China
- Alphonse Frédéric De Moerloose
- Joseph Guo Jincai
- Paul Liu Jinghe
