Diocese of Chiayi 嘉義
Kiayien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chiayi 嘉義, Taiwan
The Diocese of Chiayi is a Latin Catholic diocese in southwestern Taiwan, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1952 and raised to a diocese in 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei and has been led by Bishop Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 April 1962
- Latin
- Kiayien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001001846
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,820
- Population
- 1,582,934
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.1%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 891
- Extent
- 3,244 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.5
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Norbert Pu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. John stands in Chiayi 嘉義, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Taipei
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Taipei.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hsinchu 新竹Hsinchu 新竹
- Diocese of Hualien 花蓮Hualien 花蓮
- Diocese of Kaohsiung 高雄Kaohsiung 高雄
- Diocese of Taichung 臺中Taichung 臺中
- Diocese of Tainan 臺南Tainan 臺南
- Archdiocese of Taipei 臺北Taipei 臺北
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Taiwan's Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis), also spelled the Diocese of Kiayi, began as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi erected in 1952 and was raised to a full diocese in 1962. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei, this Latin Church diocese covers "Chiayi city and the counties of Chiayi and Yunlin."
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.