Diocese of

Suzhou 蘇州

China China

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Suzhou 蘇州 (中文) / Wuxian 吳縣 (中文) / Soochow / Wuhsien / Suceuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nanjing 南京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005 – ...):Bishop Joseph Xu Hong-gen (61)Bishop Joseph Xu Hong-gen (徐宏根) (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Suzhou 蘇州 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Xu Hong-gen (61)Bishop Joseph Xu Hong-gen (徐宏根) (61)
(2005 – ...)

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China)

Deus caritas est

Born:1962.04 (China)
Ordained Priest:1990
Consecrated Bishop:2006.04.20

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (2005 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Fan Zhong-liang (范忠良), S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.03.12 – 2005)

Bishop Matthias Ma Long-lin (馬龍麟)
(1981 – 1999.06.08)

Born:1918 (China)
Ordained Priest:1951
Consecrated Bishop:1981.07.24 (no papal mandate)
Died:1999.06.08 († 80)

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1981 – 1999.06.08)

Bishop Shen Chu-ming (沈初鳴)
(1959 – 1968?)

Born: (China)
Consecrated Bishop:1959.11.15 (no papal mandate)
Died:1968?

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1959 – 1968?)

Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅)
(Apostolic Administrator 1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Bishop Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) (later Cardinal)
(1949.08.09 – 1950.07.15)

Ut sint unum ovile et unus pastor / 同歸一牧一盞

Born:1901.08.02 (Shanghai 上海, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:1930.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1949.10.07
Created Cardinal in pectore:1979.06.30
Revealed as Cardinal:1991.06.28
Died:2000.03.12 (Stamford, CT, USA † 98)

Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1930.05.28 – 1949.08.09)

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1949.08.09 – 1950.07.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1991.06.30 – 2000.03.12)

Special Churches

Nanjing 南京 (←), Haimen 海門 (↑), Shanghai 上海 (→), Hangzhou 杭州 (↓)

Last updated on 2024.03.04

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