Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai
Diocese of Shanghai Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis 天主教上海教区 | |
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St. Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai | |
| Patron saint | Our Mother of Sheshan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph Shen Bin |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francis Lu Xin-ping |
| Website | |
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The Diocese of Shanghai (
Churches
The diocese's
Bishops
In 1950, Pope Pius XII appointed the
Upon the death of Cardinal Kung, the
In 2012, both the Holy See and the CPCA agreed upon the consecration of 44-year-old Thaddeus Ma Daqin. There was a disagreement of his status, with the Holy See appointing him as the auxiliary bishop (given that Jin was technically still the coadjutor) while the CPCA appointed him as the coadjutor bishop. Despite this technical disagreement, it appeared that both had the intention of Ma becoming the next Bishop of Shanghai. In a surprising move, Ma announced during his ordination Mass that he would be resigning from his posts within the CPCA effective immediately. The next day, government officials placed him under house arrest at the Sheshan Seminary and the CPCA stripped him of his title as coadjutor bishop in December 2012.
On April 5, 2023, Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of Haimen, was installed as the Bishop of Shanghai, circumventing Vatican approval. However, on July 15, 2023, the Vatican officially appointed Shen as the Bishop of Shanghai.
List of ordinaries of Shanghai
See source:[2]
- Bishop SJ(1933–1948)
- Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1950–2000)
- Bishop Aloysius Zhang Jiashu, SJ (1960–1988) (non-canonical)
- Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, SJ (1988–2013) (non-canonical until 2005, recognised as co-adjutor bishop in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI)
- Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, SJ (2000–2014)
- Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin (2014–2023)[3]
- Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (2023–present)
See also
- Xu Guangqi
- St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai
- Christianity in China
- Catholic Church in China
- List of Catholic dioceses in China
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured_view)-Episcopal Conference of China
- Joseph Xing Wenzhi
References
- ^ "Diocese of Shanghai [Shanghai]". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Diocese of Shanghai 上海, China". gcatholic.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ Hon, Savio (18 March 2014), "Bishop Fan Zhongliang: Better broken jade than intact tile", AsiaNews.it, archived from the original on 4 August 2020, retrieved 23 March 2014
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