Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lanzhou 蘭州, China

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2003 – ...):	Archbishop Joseph Han Zhi-hai (韓志海) (57)
Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.11.10 – ...▼):	Archbishop Joseph Han Zhi-hai (韓志海) (57)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lanzhou 蘭州 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Han Zhi-hai (韓志海) (57)
(2017.11.10 – ...▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) ▼
Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China)

Born:	1966.02.02 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1994
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.01.05

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) (2003 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) (2017.11.10 – ...▼)

Archbishop Joseph Han Zhi-hai (韓志海) (57)
(2003 – ...)

(see above)

Archbishop Philip Yang Li-bo (楊立柏)
(1981 – 1998.02.15)

Born:	1919.06.15 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1949.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1981 (clandestinely)
Died:	1998.02.15 († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) (1981 – 1998.02.15)

Archbishop Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D.
(1946.04.11 – 1959.01.18)

Born:	1878.06.12 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1905.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.07
Died:	1959.01.18 († 80)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 (China) (1924.11.25 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Issus (1924.11.25 – 1946.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Lanchowfu 蘭州府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1959.01.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Lanchowfu 蘭州府 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D. (later Archbishop)
(1924.12.03 – 1946.04.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D. (later Archbishop)
(1924.11.25 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M.
(1920.03.05 – 1922.03.08)

Born:	1866.07.19 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.29
Died:	1938.06.18 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China) (1920.03.05 – 1922.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1920.03.08 – 1938.06.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1922.03.14 – 1930.03.21)

Bishop Hubert Otto (陶福音), C.I.C.M.
(1890.06.20 – 1918.01.14)

Born:	1850.09.12 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.01.11
Died:	1938.02.25 († 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 (China) (1890.06.20 – 1918.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Assuras (1890.06.20 – 1938.02.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Kan-su 甘肅 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ferdinand Hubertus Hamer (韓默理), C.I.C.M.
(1878.06.21 – 1888.08.30)

Per te virgo sim defensus

Born:	1840.08.21 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1864.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.10.27
Died:	1900.07.15 († 59)

Vicar Apostolic of Kan-su 甘肅 (China) (1878.06.21 – 1888.08.30)

Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1878.06.21 – 1900.07.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 (China) (1888.08.30 – 1900.07.15)

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History

1878.06.21: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kan-su 甘肅 / Gansu (from Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi 陝西)
1888.10.01: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of I-li 伊犁
1905.04.28: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kansu 甘肅北境 / Kan-su Settentrionale (Italiano) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境)
1922.03.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu 甘肅西境 / Kan-su Occidentale (Italiano) (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 and gained territory from the suppressed Mission sui juris of I-li 伊犁)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府 / de Lanchowfu (Latin)
1930.02.14: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Xinjiang 新疆
1937.02.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Xining 西寧
1946.04.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lanzhou 蘭州 (中文) / Gaolan 皋蘭 (中文) / Kao-Lan / Lanchow / Lanceuven(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Qinzhou 秦州)
1950.06.24: Gained suffragan see Pingliang 平涼