Diocese of Chiayi Dioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區 | |
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Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Territory | Chiayi and counties of Chiayi and Yunlin |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Metropolitan | Taipei |
Archdeaconries | 7 |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%) |
Members | 7,058 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City |
Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 20 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
Map | |
Website | |
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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 |
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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.
23°29′04″N120°27′40″E / 23.4844°N 120.4611°E
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