Diocese of

Chifeng 赤峰

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chifeng 赤峰 (中文) / Chihfeng / Chìfēng 赤峰 (简体中文) / Cefomen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shenyang 瀋陽

Neighbouring Dioceses: Jining 集寧 (←), Lindong 林東 (↑), Rehe 熱河 (↘), Chengde 承德 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Dioceses: Chifeng 赤峰 Uncanonical Diocese , Liaoning 遼寧

Celebrations

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History

1922.01.21: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Chifeng 赤峰 (中文) / Chihfeng / Chìfēng 赤峰 (简体中文) / de Chihfeng (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Mongolia 東蒙古)
1949.04.21: Promoted as Diocese of Chifeng 赤峰 (中文) / Chihfeng / Chìfēng 赤峰 (简体中文) / Cefomen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Shenyang 瀋陽)
2018.09.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chengde 承德

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Chang Yan-feng (常彥峰) (42)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chifeng 赤峰 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Chang Yan-feng (常彥峰) (42)
(2026.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Chifeng 赤峰 (China)

Born:	1984.04.04 (Beizhen, 遼寧, China)
Ordained Priest:	2010.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.07.22

Priest of Chifeng 赤峰 (China) (2010.11.18 – 2026.06.15)

Bishop of Chifeng 赤峰 (China) (2026.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Andrew Zhu Wen-yu (朱問漁) ▼
(1990 – 2006.09.24▼)

Born:	1919.12.01 (Kulitu, China)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.10.28 (no papal mandate)
Died:	2006.09.24 (Kulitu, China † 86)

Bishop of Chifeng 赤峰 (China) (1990 – 2006.09.24▼)

Prefects Apostolic of Chifeng 赤峰 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Fabian Cheu
(Apostolic Administrator 1949.04.21 – 1982)

Fr. Luke Zhao Qing-hua (趙慶化)
(1932.01.11 – 1949.04.21)

Born:	1874.05.13 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1899.10.15
Died:	1949? († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Chifeng 赤峰 (China) (1932.01.11 – 1949.04.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Chifeng Cathedral, Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia

Jining 集寧 (←), Lindong 林東 (↑), Rehe 熱河 (↘), Chengde 承德 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 75,087 km²

Population: 29,528 Catholics (3.7% of 798,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 missions

Personnel: 38 priests (34 diocesan, 4 religious), 101 religious (3 brothers, 98 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.07.22

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