Yongping
JurisdictionDiocese
Local天主教永平教区
LatinDioecesis Iompimensis
CountryChina
MetropolitanBeijing
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tangshan
BishopPeter Fang Jianping
Metro archbishopJoseph Li Shan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongping/Lulong/Tangshan (Latin: Iompimen(sis), ) is a Latin Church diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China. Its seat is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Yongping (now Lulong, Tangshan 唐山, Hebei)

History

  • Established on December 23, 1899 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (now Peking archdiocese)
  • Renamed on December 3, 1924 as Apostolic Vicariate of Yongpingfu 永平府
  • Promoted and renamed (exclusively after its see) on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yongping 永平

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Chi-Li 直隸東
  • Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (December 14, 1899 – December 3, 1924 see below), Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (December 14, 1899 – July 21, 1940)
Apostolic Vicars of Yongpingfu 永平府
  • Ernest François Geurts, C.M. (see above December 3, 1924 – July 21, 1940)
  • Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. (July 21, 1940 – April 11, 1946), Titular Bishop of Conana (July 16, 1928 - April 11, 1946), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yongpingfu 永平府 (July 16, 1928 – July 21, 1940)
Suffragan Bishops of Yongping 永平