Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia/Yungkia/Wenzhou is a diocese
located in the city of Yongjia
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Hangzhou in China.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Yongjia
Yongjia
Yongjia may refer to:* The former name for Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang, China* Yongjia County, in Zhejiang, China* Yongjia School, Chinese school of thought during the Song Dynasty* Yongjia , a brachiopod genus....
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Hangzhou in China.
Leadership
- Bishops of Yongjia 永嘉 (Roman Rite)
- Fr. Paul Su Bo-lu (Su Pai-lu) (蘇伯露) (Apostolic Administrator June 15, 1951–1980)
- Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. (戴安德) (Apostolic Administrator 1950–1951)