Lanzhou [Lanchow] (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Joseph Han Zhihai, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 11 April 1946
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: China
Square Kilometers: 250,000 (96,562 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Catholic Mission, Archbishop's House, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Historical Details

Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu
- Erected: 21 June 1878
- Vicariate
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}
- Name Changed: 28 April 1905
- Vicariate
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}
- Latin Name: de Kansu Occidentale
- Erected: 8 March 1922
- Vicariate
- Country: China
Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu
- Latin Name: de Lanchowfu
- Name Changed: 3 December 1924
- Vicariate
- Country: China

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ferdinand Hubertus Hamer, C.I.C.M. † (21 Jun 1878 Appointed - 15 Feb 1889 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale})
Hubert Otto, C.I.C.M. † (20 Jun 1890 Appointed - 14 Jan 1918 Resigned)
Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † (5 Mar 1920 Appointed - 28 Mar 1922 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia)
Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † (25 Nov 1924 Appointed - 18 Jan 1959 Died)
Philip Yang Libo † (12 Aug 1988 Ordained Bishop - 15 Feb 1998 Died)
Joseph Han Zhihai (5 Jan 2003 Ordained Bishop - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu
21 June 1878	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi)	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu (erected)
1898	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu	Mission "Sui Iuris" of I-li o Kul-Dia (erected)
28 April 1905	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}
28 April 1905	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Kansu	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}
8 March 1922	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale} (suppressed) Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Kansu {Kansu Meridionale} (suppressed)	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale} (erected) (Chinese Turkestan, Ngàn-su-tao, Kaiì-leang-tao, Sining-tao, Lanchan-tao, Kukunoor, and the Mongolian territory of Alachan) Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Kansu {Kansu Orientale} (erected) (Wei-tchoan-tao and King-yuen-tao)
Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu
3 December 1924	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu
14 February 1930	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu (Region of Sinkiang (Wensuh The Tao, the Chuhn Tao, the Ningyuan Tao, and the Thwa Tao civil provinces))	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi] (erected)
4 February 1937	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu (Tsinghai)	Prefecture Apostolic of Xining [Sining] (erected)
Archdiocese of Lanzhou [Lanchow]
11 April 1946	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu	Archdiocese of Lanzhou [Lanchow]

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Lanzhou [Lanchow]

1950 17,465 4,000,000 .4% 12 32 44 396 17 92 89 ap2002

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Lanzhou [Lanchow]
1950	17,465	4,000,000	.4%	12	32	44	396		17	92	89	ap2002

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † (Vicar Apostolic: 25 Nov 1924; Archbishop: 11 Apr 1946 to 18 Jan 1959)
Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † (Vicar Apostolic: 5 Mar 1920 to 28 Mar 1922)
Ferdinand Hubertus Hamer, C.I.C.M. † (Vicar Apostolic: 21 Jun 1878 to 15 Feb 1889)
Hubert Otto, C.I.C.M. † (Vicar Apostolic: 20 Jun 1890 to 14 Jan 1918)
Philip Yang Libo † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1988 to 15 Feb 1998)

Source(s)

Vicariate Apostolic of Western Kansu {Kansu Occidentale}
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 222, and Page 223
Vicariate Apostolic of Lanchowfu
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 17, Page 23, to Page 25
Archdiocese of Lanzhou [Lanchow]
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 301, to Page 313

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