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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%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St JohninChiayi City |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
The Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic ChurchinTaiwan.
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.
23°29′04″N 120°27′40″E / 23.4844°N 120.4611°E / 23.4844; 120.4611
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