Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung

The Diocese of Kaohsiung (Lat: Dioecesis Kaohsiungensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.

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
Deaneries	9
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
Members	35,781
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 19, 1913 (1913-07-19)
Cathedral	Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Patron saint	Our Lady of Rosary
Secular priests	35
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Liu Cheng-chung
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Chung An-zu
Vicar General	Rt. Msgr. Anthony Huang Chung-wei
Episcopal Vicars	Rev. Vincent Li Han-min OP Rev. Dominic Yung-Hsiung Tu
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

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.

Ordinaries

• Clemente Fernández, O.P. † (1913 Appointed – 1921 Died)
• Thomas de la Hoz, O.P. † (27 Jul 1921 Appointed – 1935 Died)
• Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, † (1941 Appointed – 1946)
• Joseph Arregui y Yparaguirre, O.P. † (5 Mar 1948 Appointed – 1961 Died)
• Joseph Cheng Tien-Siang, O.P. † (21 Mar 1961 Appointed – 19 Aug 1990 Died)
• Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † (4 Mar 1991 Appointed – 5 Jan 2006 Retired)
• Peter Liu Cheng-chung (5 Jan 2006 Succeeded – present)

See also

• Catholic Church in Taiwan