Diocese of

Xiangyang 襄陽

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Hankou 漢口

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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) (became suffragan of Hankou 漢口)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, Xiangyang 襄阳, Hubei

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 2022.08.06

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