Diocese of Rehe 熱河, China 🇨🇳 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1883.12.21: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古 (中文) / Mongolia Orientale (Italiano) / Eastern Ménggǔ 东蒙古 (简体中文) / Mongoliæ orientalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Mongolia 蒙古)
- 1922.01.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Chifeng 赤峰
- 1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Rehe 熱河 (中文) / Jehol / Rèhé 热河 (简体中文) / de Jehol (Latin)
- 1928.07.09: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾
- 1929.08.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sipingjie 四平街
- 1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Rehe 熱河 (中文) / Jinzhou 錦州 (中文) / Jehol / Jǐnzhōu 锦州 (简体中文) / Rèhé 热河 (简体中文) / Geholen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Shenyang 瀋陽)
- 2018.09.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chengde 承德
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Rehe 熱河 (Roman Rite) |
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 Bishop John Chen Cang-bao (陳蒼保) (63) (Apostolic Administrator ? – ...) |
| Bishop Paul Liu Shu-he (劉書和) (Apostolic Administrator 1982 – 1993.05.02) |
| Bishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) ▼ (1958 – 1987▼)Oportet illum crescereBorn:1920 (China)Ordained Priest:1936Consecrated Bishop:1958.06.22 (no papal mandate)Died:1988.03.08 († 67)Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1958 – 1987▼) |
| Bishop Joseph Julian Oste (德化隆), C.I.C.M. (1948.04.09 – 1971.01.19)Born:1893.03.28 (Belgium)Ordained Priest:1920.11.21Consecrated Bishop:1948.10.28Died:1971.01.19 († 77)Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1948.04.09 – 1971.01.19) |
| Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M. (1946.04.11 – 1948.01.09)Born:1876.10.24 (Belgium)Ordained Priest:1901.07.14Consecrated Bishop:1922.11.26Died:1950.04.14 († 73)Titular Bishop of Faustinopolis (1922.07.07 – 1946.04.11)Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1922.07.28 – 1942.02.04)Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1942.02.04 – 1946.04.11)Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1948.01.09)Titular Bishop of Acarassus (1948.01.09 – 1950.04.14) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M. (1942.02.04 – 1946.04.11)(see above) |
| Bishop Conrad Abels (葉步司), C.I.C.M. (1897.07.05 – 1942.02.04)Born:1856.01.31 (Netherlands)Ordained Priest:1879.03.29Consecrated Bishop:1897.10.31Died:1942.02.04 († 86)Titular Bishop of Lagania (1897.07.05 – 1942.02.04)Vicar Apostolic of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1897.07.05 – 1942.02.04) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古 (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Théodore-Herman Rutjes (呂繼賢), C.I.C.M. (1883.12.11 – 1896.08.04)Born:1844.04.07 (Netherlands)Ordained Priest:1866.12.22Consecrated Bishop:1884.05.21Died:1896.08.04 († 52)Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1883.12.11 – 1896.08.04)Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古 (China) (1883.12.11 – 1896.08.04) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M. (1922.07.28 – 1942.02.04)
Statistics (1949.12.31)
Area: 78,917 km²
Population: 31,845 Catholics (0.6% of 5,235,341 total)
Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 43 missions
Personnel: 76 priests (20 diocesan, 56 religious), 93 religious (47 brothers, 46 sisters), 15 seminarians