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Diocese of

Xiangyang 襄陽

China China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Hankou 漢口

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yichang 宜昌 (↙), Laohekou 老河口 (←), Nanyang 南陽 (↑), Suixian 隨縣 (→), Hanyang 漢陽 (↘)

History

  • 1936.05.25: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangyang 襄陽 (中文) / Siangyang / de Siangyang (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Laohekou 老河口)
  • 1951.05.10: Promoted as Diocese of Xiangyang 襄陽 (中文) / Siangyang / Siamiamen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Xiangyang 襄陽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化)
(1951.05.10 – 1974)

Born:1900.11.18 (China)
Ordained Priest:1926.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:1951.05.17
Died:1974 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China) (1936.05.25 – 1951.05.10)

Bishop of Xiangyang 襄陽 (China) (1951.05.10 – 1974)

Prefects Apostolic of Xiangyang 襄陽 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francis Yi Xuan-hua (Yi Hsüan-hua) (易宣化) (later Bishop)
(1936.05.25 – 1951.05.10)

(see above)

as of 2013.09.24

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