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Diocese of Nanyang Dioecesis Naniamensis 天主教南阳教区
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Kaifeng
Statistics
Area	12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 1950) 4,025,000 22,807 (0.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Joseph in Nanyang
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Peter Jin Lugang
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Gao Hongxiao

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
  • Bishop Peter Jin Lugang (靳祿崗) 7 May 2020 – Present)
  • Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu (朱宝玉) (30 June 2011 – 7 May 2020)
  • Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen (靳德辰) (1981 – 2011)
  • Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. (梅先春) (11 April 1946 – 19 February 1978)
• 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)

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Chinese)