Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong

Diocese of Datong Dioecesis Tatomensis 天主教大同教区
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Taiyuan
Metropolitan	Taiyuan
Statistics
Area	20,000 km² (7,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1950) 1,000,000 7,702 (0.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sylvester Li Jian-tang

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Datong/Tatung (Latin: Tatomen(sis), Chinese: 大同) 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.

(all Roman Rite; so far all missionary members of the Latin congregation Scheutists, C.I.C.M.)

Father Giuseppe Hoogers, C.I.C.M. (March 3, 1923–1932), previously Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui iuris of I-li 伊犁 (imeprial China) (1918.06.08 – 1922)

Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M. (June 21, 1932 – April 11, 1946 see below), Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (in Isauria) (1932.06.14 – 1946.04.11)

Suffragan Bishops of Datong 大同

Francesco Joosten, C.I.C.M. (see above April 11, 1946–1947)
Apostolic Administrator Alphonse Van Buggenhout (范普厚), C.I.C.M. (1950.03.31 – 1951), later Secretary General of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference 1967 – 1970
Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong (郭印宮) (1990 – 2000?)
(sede vacante)

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