Archdiocese of Taipei Archidioecesis Taipehensis 天主教臺北總敎區 | |
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Location | |
Country | Taiwan |
Territory | Taipei, Keelung, New Taipei City, and Yilan County |
Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,590 km2 (1,770 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 7,331,027 38,037 (0.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 December 1949 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception in Taipei |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-Zu |
Bishops emeritus | John Hung Shan-Chuan Archbishop Emeritus (2007-2020) |
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Traditional Chinese | 天主教臺北總敎區 | ||||||||||||||||
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Latin | Archidioecesis Taipehensis |
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