The Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing/Xiapu (, ) is a diocese located in the municipal region of Ningde (formerly Funing), in the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, centered in the Chinese province of Fujian.
History December 27, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Funingfu () from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien () April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Funing
Leadership Bishops of Funing (Roman rite) Bishop Thomas Niu Huiqing () (Apostolic Administrator 1948–February 28, 1973) Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. () (April 11, 1946–May 6, 1980) Vicars Apostolic of Funingfu () (Roman Rite) Bishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (later Archbishop) (May 18, 1926–April 11, 1946)
References
GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy