Diocese of

Taichung 臺中

Taiwan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 7,836 km²

Population: 28,150 Catholics (0.6% of 4,576,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 68 parishes, 34 missions, 67 priests (21 diocesan, 46 religious), 155 lay religious (46 brothers, 109 sisters) (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北

Neighbouring Dioceses: Xiamen 廈門 (←), Hsinchu 新竹 (↑), Hualien 花蓮 (→), Chiayi 嘉義 (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Address: 11 Lane 308, Hsue-Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan

Phone: +886 (4) 2337881

Websites:

History

1951.01.26: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Taichung 臺中 / Taichungen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsung 高雄)
1962.04.16: Promoted as Diocese of Taichung 臺中 / Taichungen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Jesus the Saviour, Taichung City 台中市, 臺中市
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (56)

Xiamen 廈門 (←), Hsinchu 新竹 (↑), Hualien 花蓮 (→), Chiayi 嘉義 (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Taichung 臺中 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (62)
(2007.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

Unum in Spiritu Sancto / 因聖神合一

Born:	1959.11.09 (左營區, 高雄市, Taiwan)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.25

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (2007.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung (王愈榮)
(1986.06.25 – 2007.06.25)

Born:	1931.04.27 (Shanghai 上海, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.07.22
Died:	2018.01.18 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha (1975.07.01 – 1986.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1975.07.01 – 1986.06.25)

General Secretary of Chinese Bishops’ Conference (1979.04.19 – 1991.04.18)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1986.06.25 – 2007.06.25)

Bishop William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M.
(1962.04.16 – 1986.06.25)

Ut omnes cognoscant Salvatorem mundi / 願萬民認識救主

Born:	1909.01.28 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.25
Died:	1998.01.02 († 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1951.01.26 – 1962.04.16)

Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1962.04.16 – 1986.06.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Taichung 臺中 (Roman Rite)

Fr. William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M. (later Bishop)
(1951.01.26 – 1962.04.16)

(see above)

as of 2022.06.30

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