Roman Catholic Diocese of Qingdao

Diocese of Qingdao
Diocese of Qingdao ; Dioecesis Zimtaovensis ; 天主教青岛教区
	St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Jinan
Metropolitan	Jinan
Statistics
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Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Li Mingshu
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Zhang Xian-wang

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qingdao/Tsingtao (Latin: Zimtaoven(sis), Chinese: 青島) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan in PR China.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael in the city of Qingdao, in Shandong.

History

Established on 11 February 1925 as Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao 青島, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu 兖州府
On 14 June 1928 it was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Qingdao 青島, remaining a pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See), but now entitled to a [titular bishop].
On 1 July 1937, it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Yizhoufu 沂州府
11 April 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Qingdao 青島.

Georg Weig, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (18 March 1925 – 14 June 1928 see below)

Georg Weig, S.V.D. (see above 14 June 1928 – 1941), Titular Bishop of Antandrus (1928.06.14 – 1941.10.03)
Thomas (Cardinal) Tien-ken-sin, S.V.D. (田耕莘) (10 November 1942 – 11 April 1946), Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1939.07.11 – 1946.02.18), previously Apostolic Prefect of Yanggu 陽穀 (China) (1934.02.23 – 1939.07.11), promoted Apostolic Vicar of Yanggu 陽穀 (1939.07.11 – 1942.11.10); later Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1946.02.22 – 1967.07.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1967.07.24) and Apostolic Administrator of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1959.12.16 – 1966.02.15)

Faustino M. Tissot, Xaverian Missionary Fathers (S.X.) (1946–1947), later Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1946.05.10 – 1983)
Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. (8 July 1948 – 18 November 1964)
uncanonical: Paul Han Xi-rang (韓錫讓), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) , consacrated without papal mandate (1988 – 1992.03.06)
Li Mingshu (August 2000 – ... )^[1]

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