Catholic Church in Taiwan

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Hakka
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
Origin1626
Spanish Formosa, Spanish Empire
Branched fromCatholic Church in Spain
Members221,000 (2021) [1]
Official websitewww.catholic.org.tw/en/
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The Catholic Church in Taiwan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Church operates one university, the Fu Jen Catholic University.

Demography

According to the 2005 census, Christianity in Taiwan constituted 3.9% of the population;[2] this included approximately 300,000 Catholics.

Estimates in 2020 suggested that the portion had risen to 4% or 6%,[3][4][5] with Catholics making up 1% of the country's population. In the same year there were over 600 priests and 1,000 nuns serving in 424 parishes.[6]

History

In 1514, Taiwan was included in the

Spanish Dominican friar, built a church in Northern Taiwan. In chronological order, Taiwan belonged to the Archdiocese of Manila (1627), the Apostolic Vicariate (now Archdiocese) of Nanjing (1660), the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian (now the Archdiocese of Fuzhou) (1696) and the Apostolic Vicariate (now Diocese) of Xiamen
(1883).

In 1913, the

Archdiocese of Taipei
) was established out of its territory.

Before the end of World War II the Catholic Church had a very minor presence in Taiwan, based mainly in the south of the island and centred on Spanish Dominican priests who went there from the Philippines in the 1860s. The end of World War II and the following years saw a mass migration of religious communities from mainland China as Communist persecution began to take effect following the

Mandarin
-speaking emigrants from the mainland.

In September 1951 the Papal Internuncio to

People's Republic of China
that it sever its diplomatic links with Taiwan.

The current archbishop of Taipei is the

S.V.D.
, who retired in the same year.

On 19 February 2021, Pope Francis formally granted a decree of canonical coronation for a Marian image of Our Lady of China, currently venerated at the National Shrine of Our Lady of China in Chiayi County, Taiwan.[citation needed]

Dioceses

See also

References

  1. ^ "Catholic Church in Taiwan". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Taiwan Yearbook 2006". Taiwan Government Information Office, Department of Civil Affairs, Ministry of the Interior. 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007.
  3. ^ The ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-28
  4. ^ The Joshua Project, retrieved 2032-08-28
  5. ^ Washington Times website, article by Mark Kellmer dated August 12, 2022
  6. ^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
  7. ^ "Resignations and Appointments".
  8. ^ "Thomas Chung An-Zu is the new archbishop of Taipei".

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