The Diocese of Nanyang (Latin: Naniamen(sis), Chinese: 南陽) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see is Nanyang, Henan. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.
History
- 1844: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京
- August 28, 1882: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境
- December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府
- April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanyang 南陽
Leadership
- Bishops of Nanyang 南陽
- Vicars Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府 Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. (梅先春) (29 March 1938 – 11 April 1946); Bishop Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. (包海容) (14 June 1917 – 1937), resigned
- Vicars Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. (安西满) (1 September 1882 – 21 December 1904)
- Vicars Apostolic of Honan 河南 Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. (8 April 1856 – 9 September 1877); Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. (安巴都) (2 March 1844 – 1865)