Diocese of

Taichung 臺中

Taiwan Taiwan

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Taichung 臺中 (中文) / Táizhōng 台中 (简体中文) / Taichungen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taipei 臺北

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Contact Info

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

Phone: +886 (4) 2337881

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.25 – ...):Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (64)Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Taichung 臺中 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (64)Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen (蘇耀文) (64)
(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

Priest of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan) (1989.06.08 – 2007.06.25)

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

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

愈顯主榮

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

Priest of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1955.12.24 – 1975.07.01)

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)

Special Churches

Churches by City (56)

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

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 7,836 km²

Population: 29,152 Catholics (0.6% of 4,739,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 34 missions

Personnel: 59 priests (21 diocesan, 38 religious), 148 religious (38 brothers, 110 sisters)

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Last updated on 2024.03.23

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