Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung

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Diocese of Kaohsiung

Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis

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Location
CountryFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Territory Kaohsiung and Pingtung County
Ecclesiastical province Taipei
Statistics
Area5,723 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2017)
3,606,851
37,814 (1.0%)
Parishes60
Churches111
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedJuly 19, 1913;110 years ago (1913-07-19)
Cathedral Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Secular priests 35
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Chung An-zu
Map
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Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Kaohsiung (Lat: Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.

The diocese has the distinction of being the first Catholic ecclesiastical territory erected on the island of Taiwan. Created as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Island of Formosa in 1913, the name was changed to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsiung in 1949. In 1961, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.

The current bishop is Peter Liu Cheng-chung, appointed in January 2006. In November 2009, he was given the "ad personam" (personal) title of archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI.

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See also

22°37′13″N120°17′30″E / 22.6204°N 120.2916°E / 22.6204; 120.2916


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