Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi

Roman Catholic diocese in Taiwan

Diocese of Chiayi Dioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區

Location
Country	Taiwan
Territory	Chiayi and counties of Chiayi and Yunlin
Ecclesiastical province	Taipei
Metropolitan	Taipei
Statistics
Area	3,244 km² (1,253 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Chung An-zu
Map

Website
Website of the Diocese

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

天主教嘉義教區

Simplified Chinese

天主教嘉義教区

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	tiān zhǔ jiào Jiāyì jiàoqū
Wade–Giles	T'iēnchǔchiào Chā-ì chiàoch'ǘ
Tongyong Pinyin	tiān jhǔ jiào Jiāyì jiàocyū
Yale Romanization	tyān jǔ jyàu Jyāyì jyàuchyū
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Thian-chú-kàu Ka-gī kàu-khu

Latin name

Latin

Dioecesis Kiayiensis

The Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.

Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.

Ordinaries

Matthew Kia Yen-wen (21 May 1970 Appointed – 14 Dec 1974 Appointed, Bishop of Hwalien)
Joseph Ti-kang (21 Jun 1975 Appointed – 3 May 1985 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Taipei)
Joseph Lin Thien-chu † (25 Nov 1985 Appointed – 4 Mar 1994 Died)
Peter Liu Cheng-chung (1 Jul 1994 Appointed – 5 Jul 2004 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Kaohsiung)
John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. (16 Jan 2006 Appointed – 9 Nov 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
Thomas Chung An-Zu (24 Jan 2008 Appointed – 23 May 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
Norbert Pasuya Poicong Ü Pu Ying-hsiung (15 Feb 2022 Appointed – present)