The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou (, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fuzhou in China.

History

1680: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin October 3, 1883: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien December 27, 1923: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou

Special churches

Former Cathedral: 澳尾巷玫瑰圣母堂 (The Aowei Church of Our Lady of Rosary)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Fujian / Fo-kien 福建 (Roman Rite) Bishop François Pallu, M.E.P. () (April 15, 1680 – October 29, 1684) Bishop Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. () (July 25, 1684 – 1709) Bishop St. Pedro Sans i Jordà, O.P. () (January 3, 1732 – May 26, 1747) Bishop Eusebio Oscot, O.P. (October 1, 1737 – November 28, 1743) Bishop Francisco Pallás Faro, O.P. (July 11, 1753 – March 1778) Bishop José Calvo, O.P. (February 16, 1781 – October 15, 1812) Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz, O.P. (October 15, 1812 – December 30, 1849) Bishop Miguel Calderón, O.P. (December 30, 1849 – February 14, 1883)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Fo-kien 福建北境 (Roman Rite) Bishop Salvador Masot y Gómez, O.P. () (June 20, 1884 – March 17, 1911)

Vicars Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (Roman Rite) Bishop Francisco Aguirre Murga, O.P. () (December 13, 1911 – June 12, 1941)

Archbishops of Fuzhou (Roman rite) Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. () (June 13, 1946 – May 6, 1980) Archbishop John Er-shi Ye (葉而適) (February 2, 1984 – February 23, 1991) Archbishop John Shu-dao Yang (楊樹道) (1995 – August 28, 2010) Archbishop Peter Jia-shan Lin (林佳善) (August 28, 2010 – April 14, 2023)

Suffragan dioceses

Funing 福寧

Tingzhou 汀州

Xiamen 廈門

Sources

GCatholic.org

Catholic Hierarchy

1680s establishments in China

Christianity in Fujian

Fuzhou

Religious organizations established in the 1680s

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century

Roman Catholic dioceses in China