Diocese of Hanzhong 漢中, China 🇨🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Hanzhong 漢中 (中文) / Nanzheng 南鄭 (中文) / Hanchung / Nancheng / Hànzhōng 汉中 (简体中文) / Nánzhèng 南郑 (简体中文) / Hanciomen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Xi’an 西安

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chengdu 成都 (↙), Qinzhou 秦州 (↖), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (↑), Zhouzhi 盩厔 (↗), Xing’anfu 興安府 (→), Wanxian 萬縣 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Hanzhong 漢中 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

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History

1887.08.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (中文) / Scen-si Meridionale (Italiano) / Southern Shensi / Southern Shǎnxü 陕西南境 (简体中文) / Scen-si meridionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shaanxi 陝西)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (中文) / Hanchungfu / Hànzhōngfǔ 汉中府 (简体中文) / de Hanchungfu (Latin)
1928.03.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xing’anfu 興安府
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Hanzhong 漢中 (中文) / Nanzheng 南鄭 (中文) / Hanchung / Nancheng / Hànzhōng 汉中 (简体中文) / Nánzhèng 南郑 (简体中文) / Hanciomen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Xi’an 西安)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.01.18 – ...):

Bishop Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉) (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hanzhong 漢中 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉) (51)
(2020.01.18 – ...)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Servire in veritate et caritate

Born:	1975.01.16 (城固, 陝西, China)
Ordained Priest:	2002.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.08.28

Priest of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (2002.07 – 2019)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (2019 – 2020.01.18)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (2020.01.18 – ...)

Bishop Louis Yu Run-shen (余潤深) (94)
(1986 – 2020.01.18)

Bishop emeritus of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

Born:	1931.12.01 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.11.30

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1986 – 2020.01.18)

Bishop Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti (余成悌)
(1984 – 2003)

Born:	1919.08.24 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.10.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.10 (clandestinely)
Died:	2009.09.14 (Yuwang, China † 90)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1984 – 2003)

Bishop Li Sheng-xue (李聖學) ▼
(1959 – 1984.01.20▼)

Born:	(China)
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.03.26 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1984.01.20

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1959 – 1984.01.20▼)

Bishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E.
(1949.01.13 – 1963.08.17)

Born:	1898.03.14 (Dalmine, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1921.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.03.20
Died:	1963.08.17 († 65)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1949.01.13 – 1963.08.17)

Bishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E.
(1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Born:	1890.11.04 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1913.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.05.19
Died:	1966.02.02 (Milano, Italy † 75)

Titular Bishop of Tabbora (1935.03.11 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) (1935.03.11 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.07.18)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1966.02.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E.
(1935.03.11 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E. (later Archbishop)
(1928.03.07 – 1934.03)

Born:	1878.08.04 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1900.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.05.17
Died:	1969.04.10 (Milano, Italy † 90)

Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1928.02.18 – 1939.08.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) (1928.03.07 – 1934.03)

Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1934.03 – 1947)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (1939.08.03 – 1969.04.10)

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E.
(1924.12.03 – 1925)

Born:	1877.01.11 (Valle Lomellina, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.09.08
Died:	1958.07.06 (Roma, Italy † 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China) (1919.04.02 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Phœnicia (1919.04.07 – 1958.07.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1925)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1926 – 1929)

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E.
(1919.04.02 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Pio Giuseppe Passerini (拔士林), M.E.M.
(1895.03.29 – 1918.04.24)

Born:	1866.01.07 (Zinasco Vecchio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1888.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.09.08
Died:	1918.04.24 (Hanchung, China † 52)

Titular Bishop of Achantus (1895.03.29 – 1918.04.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China) (1895.03.29 – 1918.04.24)

Fr. Gregorio Antoniucci (安廷相), M.E.M.
(1888 – 1895.04)

Born:	1846.10.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1873.12.20
Died:	1902.08.14 († 55)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shaanxi 陝西南境 (China) (1888 – 1895.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Stephen Xu Hong-wei (胥紅偉) (51) (2019 – 2020.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Matthias Yu Cheng-xin (余成信) (1989.12 – 2007)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Hanzhong 汉中, Shaanxi
Former Cathedral: Former Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Guluba 古路坝村, Shaanxi
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Chengdu 成都 (↙), Qinzhou 秦州 (↖), Fengxiang 鳳翔 (↑), Zhouzhi 盩厔 (↗), Xing’anfu 興安府 (→), Wanxian 萬縣 (↘)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 16,000 km²

Population: 19,060 Catholics (1.3% of 1,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (9 diocesan, 24 religious), 56 religious (56 sisters), 7 seminarians