Diocese of Datong
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong/Tatung is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in PR China.
It has its cathedral episcopal see Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the city of Datong but is vacant.
History
- Established on March 14, 1922 as Apostolic Prefecture of Datongfu 大同府, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shansi 山西北境)
- Promoted on June 17, 1932 as Apostolic Vicariate of Datongfu 大同府
- Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Datong 大同, ceasing to be exempt and becoming a suffragan.
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Prefect of Datongfu 大同府- Father Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M., previously Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui iuris of I-li 伊犁
- Franciscus Joosten, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (in Isauria)
- Franciscus Joosten, C.I.C.M. Apostolic Administrator Alphonse Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M., later Secretary General of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference 1967 – 1970
- Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong
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