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Diocese of Kaohsiung
Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis
天主教高雄教區
Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Location
Country
Taiwan
Territory
Kaohsiung and Pingtung County
Ecclesiastical province
Taipei
Statistics
Area
5,723 km2 (2,210 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2017) 3,606,851 37,814 (1.0%)
Parishes
60
Churches
111
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
July 19, 1913; 110 years ago (1913-07-19)
Cathedral
Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Secular priests
35
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Peter Liu Cheng-chung
Metropolitan Archbishop
Thomas Chung An-zu
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese
The Diocese of Kaohsiung (Lat: Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.
The diocese has the distinction of being the first Catholic ecclesiastical territory erected on the island of Taiwan. Created as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Island of Formosa in 1913, the name was changed to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaohsiung in 1949. In 1961, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taipei.
The current bishop is Peter Liu Cheng-chung, appointed in January 2006. In November 2009, he was given the "ad personam" (personal) title of archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI.
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