The Diocese of Nanyang (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see is Nanyang, Henan. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.
History 1844: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Honan 河南 from the Diocese of Nanjing 南京 August 28, 1882: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Honan 河南南境 December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu 南陽府 April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Nanyang 南陽
Leadership Bishops of Nanyang 南陽 Bishop Peter Jin Lugang (靳祿崗) 7 May 2020 – Present) Bishop Joseph Zhu Bao-yu () (30 June 2011 – 7 May 2020) Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen () (1981 – 2011) Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (11 April 1946 – 19 February 1978) Vicars Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府 Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. () (29 March 1938 – 11 April 1946) Bishop Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. () (14 June 1917 – 1937), resigned Vicars Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. () (1 September 1882 – 21 December 1904) Vicars Apostolic of Honan 河南 Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. (8 April 1856 – 9 September 1877) Bishop Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. () (2 March 1844 – 1865)
References
External links GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website (Chinese)