Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai
|
Diocese of Shanghai Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis 天主教上海教区 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nanjing |
| Metropolitan | Nanjing |
| Coordinates | 31°11′28″N 121°26′08″E / 31.19120°N 121.43542°ECoordinates: 31°11′28″N 121°26′08″E / 31.19120°N 121.43542°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) |
| Population - Total |
Statistics Missing |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai |
| Patron saint | Our Mother of Sheshan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Thaddeus Ma Daqin |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francis Lu Xin-ping |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai (Latin: Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis; Chinese: 天主教上海教区) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Municipality of Shanghai, China. It was erected on December 13, 1933 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanghai by Pope Pius XI, and was later elevated to the rank of a diocese on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanking.
The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is St. Ignatius Cathedral; it also houses a minor basilica in Sheshan.
In 1950, Pope Pius XII appointed the Bishop of Suzhou, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, bishop of Shanghai. In 1955, he was arrested and given a life sentence in 1960. In the same year, the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) appointed Aloysius Zhang Jiashu, S.J. as Bishop of Shanghai to replace Kung, thereby being the first illicitly consecrated bishop of this diocese. In 1985, his Jesuit confrere, Aloysius Jin Luxian, S.J., was illicitly ordained as the Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai, and became the Bishop of Shanghai upon the death of Zhang in 1988. In the meantime, Bishop Kung was released from prison and placed under house arrest in 1985 and then sent to the United States in 1988, where he would die in 2000. Bishop Kung was made a cardinal in pectore in 1979 and officially informed of his cardinalate in 1991.
...
Wikipedia