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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi
Roman Catholic diocese in Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Quick Facts Diocese of ChiayiDioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區, Location ...
Diocese of Chiayi Dioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區 | |
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Location | |
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Territory | Chiayi and counties of Chiayi and Yunlin |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Metropolitan | Taipei |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Map | |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Quick Facts Chinese name, Traditional Chinese ...
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Traditional Chinese | 天主教嘉義教區 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 天主教嘉義教区 | ||||||||||||||||
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Latin | Dioecesis Kiayiensis | ||||||||||||||||
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Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.