Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang-Urumqi

The Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang-Urumqi is a pre-diocesan missionary Latin jurisdiction of the

Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in regional capital Ürümqi. No statistics are available.^[1]

Antecedents

• Modern missions in Xinjiang (from contemporaries in the West during the 1920s and 1930s known as Sinkiang) were mounted by the Scheutists from their neighboring Apostolic Vicariate of Kansu (now Archdiocese of Lanzhou), under its authority.
• On 1 October 1888 the Holy See erected and confided to them a
  Great Khan
  's Mongol-Chinese capital.
• This Independent Mission of Ili was suppressed on 8 March 1922 by
  Pius XI's papal brief (breve) Apostolatus officium, incorporating its territory in the Western Kansu
  (the former Kansu; two year later renamed Lanchowfu).

• Established on 14 February 1930 as
  Divine Word Missionaries
  .
• Promoted on 21 May 1938 as Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang 新疆 (中文) / Urumqi 烏魯木齊 (中文) / Sinkiang / Xinjiang-Urumqi 新疆烏魯木齊 (中文) / Sinkiangen(sis) (Latin)[1]

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)^[1]

Ecclesiastical Superior of Xinjiang 新疆

• Father Ferdinando Loy (卢裴德),
  Divine Word Missionaries
  (S.V.D.) (born Germany) (20 November 1931 – 21 May 1938)

Apostolic Prefects of Xinjiang 新疆

• Ferdinando Loy (卢裴德), S.V.D. (21 May 1938 – death 23 June 1969)
• Paul Xie Ting-zhe (謝庭哲) (born China 1931 – clandestine consecration as bishop on 25 November 1991 – death 14 August 2017)^[2]

See also

• Christianity in Xinjiang
• List of Catholic dioceses in China

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "GCatholic – Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang 新疆, China".
2. ^ "È morto Xie Ting-zhe, il vescovo che disse: 'Il Papa in Cina? Sarebbe il benvenuto'". La Stampa (in Italian). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

Sources and external links

• GCathholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections, accessed 18 April 2017

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