Diocese of

Hongtong 洪洞

China

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hongtong 洪洞 (中文) / Hungtung / Hóngdòng 洪洞 (简体中文) / Homtomen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taiyuan 太原

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yan’an 延安 (←), Luliang 呂梁 (↑), Lu’an 潞安 (→), Xinjiang 新絳 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Now Governed by Patriotic Diocese: Linfen 臨汾 Uncanonical Diocese

Celebrations

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History

1932.06.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Hongtong 洪洞 (中文) / Hungtung / Hóngdòng 洪洞 (简体中文) / de Hungtung (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luanfu 潞安府)
1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Hongtong 洪洞 (中文) / Hungtung / Hóngdòng 洪洞 (简体中文) / Homtomen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Taiyuan 太原)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.21 – ...):

Bishop Peter Liu Gen-zhu (劉根柱) (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hongtong 洪洞 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Liu Gen-zhu (劉根柱) (59)
(2020.11.21 – ...)

Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

Born:	1966.10.12 (Hongtong, 山西, China)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.22

Priest of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1991.12.22 – 2020.11.21)

Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (2020.11.21 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨)
(1991.06 – 2006.02.23)

Born:	1920.11.07 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1948.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.02.12 (clandestinely)
Died:	2006.02.23 († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1982 – 1991.02.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1991.02.22 – 1991.06)

Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1991.06 – 2006.02.23)

Bishop Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼)
(1950.04.18 – 1991.12.21)

Born:	1908.02.22 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.07.09
Died:	1991.12.21 († 83)

Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1949 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1950.04.18 – 1991.12.21)

Prefects Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼) (later Bishop)
(1949 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zheng-yi (Kao) (高正一)
(1943.01.19 – 1945.03)

Born:	1898 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1922.10.04
Died:	1951 († 53)

Prefect Apostolic of Zhouzhi 盩厔 (China) (1941.05.30 – 1951)

Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1943.01.19 – 1945.03)

Fr. Joseph Gao Zong-han (Kao) (高宗漢)
(1942 – 1944.11.14)

Born:	1897 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1922.10.04
Died:	1949 († 52)

Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1942 – 1944.11.14)

Fr. Peter Cheng Yu-tang (Tch’eng) (成玉堂)
(1932.05.24 – 1942.03.10)

Born:	1878.01.27 (China)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.18
Died:	1942.03.10 († 64)

Prefect Apostolic of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1932.05.24 – 1942.03.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨) (1991.02.22 – 1991.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨) (1982 – 1991.02.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Linfen 临汾, Shanxi
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Yan’an 延安 (←), Luliang 呂梁 (↑), Lu’an 潞安 (→), Xinjiang 新絳 (↓)

Statistics (1949.12.31)

Area: 48,063 km²

Population: 12,396 Catholics (0.9% of 1,400,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes, 90 missions

Personnel: 30 priests (diocesan), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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