Archdiocese of Fuzhou

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou (Latin: Fuceuven(sis), Chinese: 福州) is an archdiocese centred on the city of Fuzhou in China.

History

• 1680: the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian was established and separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin
• In 1838, Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz advised the Holy See that "he could no longer administer the provinces of Tche-Kiang and Kiang-si, entrusted to him since 1798, as he [was] too busy and absorbed in the many cares of such a vast Vicariate". Accordingly, Pope Gregory XVI agreed to separate these two provinces from Carpena Diaz' territory.^[1]
• On October 3, 1883, the area was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien
• On December 27, 1923, it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou
• The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou was established on 11 April 1946.

Significant churches

• Former Cathedral:
• St Dominic's Cathedral

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Fujian / Fo-kien 福建 (Roman Rite)

• Bishop François Pallu, M.E.P. (陸方濟) (April 15, 1680 – October 29, 1684)
• Bishop Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. (颜当) (July 25, 1684 – 1709)
• Bishop St. Pedro Sans i Jordà, O.P. (白多祿) (January 3, 1732 – May 26, 1747)
• Bishop Eusebio Oscot, O.P. (October 1, 1737 – November 28, 1743)
• Bishop Francisco Pallás Faro, O.P. (July 11, 1753 – March 1778)
• Bishop José Calvo, O.P. (February 16, 1781 – October 15, 1812)
• Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz, O.P. (October 15, 1812 – December 30, 1849)
• Bishop Miguel Calderón, O.P. (December 30, 1849 – February 14, 1883)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 (Roman Rite)

• Bishop Salvador Masot y Gómez, O.P. (蘇瑪素) (June 20, 1884 – March 17, 1911)

Vicars Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (Roman Rite)

• Bishop Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. (宋金铃) (December 13, 1911 – June 12, 1941)

Archbishops of Fuzhou (Roman rite)

• Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (趙炳文) (June 13, 1946 – May 6, 1980)
• Archbishop John Er-shi Ye (葉而適) (February 2, 1984 – February 23, 1991)
• Archbishop John Shu-dao Yang (楊樹道) (1995 – August 28, 2010)
• Archbishop Peter Lin Jiashan (林佳善) (August 28, 2010 – April 14, 2023)
• Archbishop Joseph Cai Bingrui (January 23, 2025 -)

Auxiliary Bishops of Fuzhou

• Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan^[2]

Suffragan dioceses

• Funing 福寧
• Tingzhou 汀州
• Xiamen 廈門