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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hualien

Roman Catholic diocese in Taiwan

Diocese of Hualien Dioecesis Hvalienensis 天主教花蓮教區
Location
Country	Taiwan
Territory	Counties of Hualien and Taitung
Ecclesiastical province	Taipei
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians in Hualien City
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Philip Huang Chao-ming
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Chung An-Zu
Map
Website
Website of the diocese

The Diocese of Hualien (Latin: Dioecesis Hvalienensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic ChurchinTaiwan.

Erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hualien in 1952, the prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, in 1963. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.

The current bishop is Philip Huang Chao-ming, appointed in November 2001.

Statistics[edit]

Catholics are 10.3% (56,401) of the total population (548,870).

Ordinaries[edit]

• Matthew Kia Yen-wen (14 Dec 1974 appointed – 15 Nov 1978 appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
• Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (15 Nov 1979 appointed – 4 Mar 1991 appointed, Bishop of Kaohsiung)
• Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un (23 Jan 1992 appointed – 19 Nov 2001 retired)
• Philip Huang Chao-ming (19 Nov 2001 appointed – )

See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Hualien.

• Catholic Church in Taiwan

References[edit]

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic

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