Diocese of

Wuhu 蕪湖

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wuhu 蕪湖 (中文) / Wuhu / Wúhú 芜湖 (简体中文) / Uhuven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Anqing 安慶

Neighbouring Dioceses: Anqing 安慶 (↙), Bengbu 蚌埠 (↖), Yangzhou 揚州 (↑), Nanjing 南京 (↑), Hangzhou 杭州 (↘), Tunxi 屯溪 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Anhui 安徽 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

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History

1921.08.08: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Anhui 安徽 (中文) / Ngan-hoei / Ānhuī 安徽 (简体中文) / de Ngan-hœi (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Jiangnan 江南)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu 蕪湖 (中文) / Wuhu / Wúhú 芜湖 (简体中文) / de Wuhu (Latin)
1929.02.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Anqing 安慶 and Apostolic Vicariate of Bengbu 蚌埠
1937.02.22: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tunxi 屯溪
1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Wuhu 蕪湖 (中文) / Wuhu / Wúhú 芜湖 (简体中文) / Uhuven(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Anqing 安慶)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006 – ...▼):

Bishop Joseph Liu Xin-hong (劉新紅) (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wuhu 蕪湖 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Liu Xin-hong (劉新紅) (61)
(2006 – ...▼)

Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) ▼

Deus caritas est

Born:	1964 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1990.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.05.03 (no papal mandate)

Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (2006 – ...▼)

Archbishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇)
(Apostolic Administrator 1997 – 2005.02.26)

Bishop Francis Zhang Feng-zao (張風藻) ▼
(1990 – 1994.05.06▼)

Born:	1915.10.18 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.05.27 (no papal mandate)
Died:	1994.05.06 († 78)

Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (1990 – 1994.05.06▼)

Bishop Zenón Arámburu Urquiola (蒲廬), S.J.
(1946.04.11 – 1969.04.04)

Born:	1879.07.09 (Villarreal de Urrechu, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1912.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.10.11
Died:	1969.04.04 (Loyola, Spain † 89)

Titular Bishop of Eressus (1936.07.07 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (1936.07.07 – 1946.04.11)

Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1969.04.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Zenón Arámburu Urquiola (蒲廬), S.J.
(1936.07.07 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Bishop Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J.
(1924.12.03 – 1935.08.23)

Born:	1877.04.09 (Leiza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.09.24
Died:	1935.08.23 (Wuhu, China † 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Anhui 安徽 (China) (1922.04.26 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Rhesaina (1922.04.26 – 1935.08.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1935.08.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Anhui 安徽 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J.
(1922.04.26 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wuhu 芜湖, Anhui

Anqing 安慶 (↙), Bengbu 蚌埠 (↖), Yangzhou 揚州 (↑), Nanjing 南京 (↑), Hangzhou 杭州 (↘), Tunxi 屯溪 (↓)

Statistics (1950.12.31)

Area: 27,000 km²

Population: 41,135 Catholics (0.8% of 5,000,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 175 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (8 diocesan, 50 religious), 41 religious (26 brothers, 15 sisters), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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