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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of Ningxia/Yinchuan
is a
Latin rite
suffragan diocese
in the
Ecclesiastical province
of the Metropolitan
Archbishopric of Suiyuan
, in northern China, but depends on the missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
No statistics available. Its
episcopal see
is the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
, located in the
city of
Yinchuan
,
Ningxia
autonomous region
.
History
Established on 14
March 1922
as the
Apostolic Vicariate
of Ningxia
, on territory split off from the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia
Promoted on
11 April
1946 as
Diocese of Ningxia
Episcopal ordinaries
;
Apostolic Vicars
of Ningxia
Goffredo Frederix
,
Scheutists
,
Titular Bishop
of
Thagaste
, initially as
Apostolic Vicar
of
Northern Kansu
; died 1938
Gaspare Schotte
, C.I.C.M. , Titular Bishop of
Petinessus
Charles Joseph van Melckebeke
, C.I.C.M. , Titular Bishop of
Sufes
;
Suffragan Bishops
of Ningxia
Charles Joseph
van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M.
Joseph Ma Zhongmu
uncanonical
John Baptist Liu
Jing-shan
Joseph Li Jing
, succeeded as former
Coadjutor Bishop
of Ningxia.
