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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie

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Diocese of Sipingjie

Dioecesis Sepimchiaevensis

天主教四平街教区
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceShenyang
MetropolitanShenyang
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral, Jilin
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul Pei Junmin
Sacred Heart Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie/Siping/Szepíngkai (Latin: Sepimchiaeven(sis), Chinese: 四平街 / 四平; pinyin: Sìpíngjiē / Sìpíng) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Shenyang.

Its episcopal seat is at Sacred Heart Cathedral located in the city of Sipingjie (Siping, Jiling or Szepíngkai) in Jilin province.

History

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Ordinaries

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(all Roman rite, mostly missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Apostolic Prefects of Szepingkai
Apostolic Vicar of Szepingkai
  • Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. (see above May 24, 1932–April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Cardicium (1932.05.24–1946.04.11)
Suffragan Bishops of Sipingjie
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