Diocese of Xinyang 信陽, China

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Xinyang 信陽 (中文) / Sínyang / Siniamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaifeng 開封

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Xinyang 信陽 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Anton Pott, S.V.D.
(1951.03.08 – 1953.02.06)

Bishop of Xinyang 信陽 (China) (1951.03.08 – 1953.02.06)

Bishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan) (張作恆), S.V.D.
(1946.04.11 – 1949.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Eguga (1941.07.08 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China) (1941.07.08 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Xinyang 信陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1949.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Cyanæ (1949.11.13 – 1982.11.01)

Vicars Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan) (張作恆), S.V.D.
(1941.07.08 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Hermann Schoppelrey (史赫曼), S.V.D.
(1933.12.13 – 1940.05.25)

Titular Bishop of Calydon (1933.12.13 – 1940.05.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China) (1933.12.13 – 1940.05.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Georg Fröwis (法樂維), S.V.D.
(1928.08.01 – 1933.04.25)

Prefect Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China) (1928.08.01 – 1933.04.25)

1927.12.15: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (中文) / Sinyangchow / de Sinyangchow (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kaifengfu 開封府)
1933.03.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Zhumadian 駐馬店
1933.04.25: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (中文) / Sinyangchow / de Sinyangchow (Latin)
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Xinyang 信陽 (中文) / Sínyang / Siniamen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaifeng 開封)