Diocese of Tainan 臺南
Tainanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tainan 臺南, Taiwan
The Diocese of Tainan is a Latin Catholic diocese in southern Taiwan, erected in 1961 from territory of the former Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei and has been led by the Franciscan Bishop John Baptist Huang Min-cheng since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 March 1961
- Latin
- Tainanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of China
- Annuario code
- 001003152
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 8,274
- Population
- 1,997,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 1,034
- Extent
- 2,870 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
of the people living within its bounds
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
- John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng
- Born
- 23 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Madou
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Our Lady of China stands in Tainan 臺南, 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 Chiayi 嘉義Chiayi 嘉義
- 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
- Archdiocese of Taipei 臺北Taipei 臺北
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Carved in March 1961 out of territories that had belonged to the former Apostolic Prefecture of Kiayi, the Diocese of Tainan (Latin: Dioecesis Tainanensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].