Apostolic Prefecture of Weihai

The Apostolic Prefecture of Weihai is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction based in the port city of Weihai, Shandong province, northeastern China.^[1]

It is exempt, i.e., directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

History[edit]

The positions was established on 1931.06.18 as Mission sui juris of Weihai 威海 (中文) / Weihaiwei 威海衛 (中文) / Veihaiveien(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘 (meanwhile a Diocese) In 1938 it was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Weihai 威海 (中文) / Weihaiwei 威海衛 (中文) / Veihaiveien(sis) (Latin). It has remained vacant without an apostolic administrator (dormant) since 1970.

Ordinaries[edit]

(all Latin Rite and Western members of a missionary Latin congregation)

Ecclesiastical Superior(s?) of Weihai mission sui iuris[edit]

not available

Apostolic Prefects of Weihai 威海[edit]

Father Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Canada) (1932.01.29 – 1938.06.14), later Titular Bishop of Sebela (1938.06.14 – 1946.04.11) as Apostolic Vicar of Zhifou 芝罘 (China) (1938.06.14 – 1946.04.11), Bishop of Yantai 煙台 (China) (1946.04.11 – retired 1950.01.20), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Girus (1950.01.20 – death 1972.08.07)
Fr. Cesario Stern (路道宣), O.F.M. (1939.06.02 – retired 1949.03.28), died 1957
Fr. Edward Gabriel Quint (甘霖), O.F.M. (1950.01.27 – retired 1970), died 1994
Long vacancy

References[edit]

^ Tiedemann, R. G. (2016-07-01). Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-49732-7.

Sources and external links[edit]

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[1] Tiedemann, R. G. (2016-07-01). Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-49732-7.

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