Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Yantai
煙台
latin= Dioecesis Ientaevensis
country= China | metropolitan=Jinan
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area=
population= 4,000,000
population_as_of= 1950
catholics= 2,072
catholics_percent= 0.1
bishop= "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai/Chefoo/Zhifou/Yentai {Latin: " Ientaeven(sis)", 中文: 煙台, 芝罘} is a diocese located in the city of Yantai in the Ecclesiastical province of Jinan in China.
History
* Fenruary 22, 1894: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung 山東北境
* December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘
* April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Yantai 煙台
Leadership
* Bishops of Yantai 煙台 (Roman rite)
** Bishop Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo, O.F.M. (宗懷謨) (June 14, 1951 – 1978)
** Bishop Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M.c (April 11, 1946 – January 20, 1950)
* Vicars Apostolic of Zhifou 芝罘 (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. (September 9, 1911 – December 1, 1936)
* Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Césaire Shang, O.F.M. (May 6, 1894 – September 9, 1911)
References
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/yent0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dyent.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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