The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou (, ) is an archdiocese centred on the city of Fuzhou in China.
History 1680: the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian was established and separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin In 1838, Bishop Roque José Carpena Díaz advised the Holy See that "he could no longer administer the provinces of Tche-Kiang and Kiang-si, entrusted to him since 1798, as he [was] too busy and absorbed in the many cares of such a vast Vicariate". Accordingly, Pope Gregory XVI agreed to separate these two provinces from Carpena Diaz' territory.Pope Gregory XVI, Ex Debito Pastoralis (in Italian), published on 14 August 1838, accessed on 22 July 2025 On October 3, 1883, the area was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Fo-kien On December 27, 1923, it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou was established on 11 April 1946.
Significant churches Former Cathedral: 澳尾巷玫瑰圣母堂 (The Aowei Church of Our Lady of Rosary) St Dominic's Cathedral
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)
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 Lin Jiashan (林佳善) (August 28, 2010 – April 14, 2023) Archbishop Joseph Cai Bingrui (January 23, 2025 -)
Auxiliary Bishops of Fuzhou Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan
Suffragan dioceses Funing 福寧 Tingzhou 汀州 Xiamen 廈門
References
GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy