Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou

Archdiocese of Fuzhou Archidioecesis Fuceuvensis 天主教福州总教区

St Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou
Location
Country	China
Territory	Fuzhou; Yong'an, Datian County, Youxi County, Sha County, and Jiangle County of Sanming; Gutian County and Pingnan County of Ningde; Yanping District and Shunchang County of Nanping
Ecclesiastical province	Fuzhou
Statistics
Area	32,348 km² (12,490 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 1950) 2,975,730 40,525 (1.4%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Saint Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Cai Bingrui
Auxiliary Bishops	Joseph Lin Yuntuan^[1]

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou (Latin: Fuceuven(sis), Chinese: 福州) 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.^[2]
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.

Vicars Apostolic of Fujian / Fo-kien 福建 (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Pallu, M.E.P. (陸方濟) (April 15, 1680 – October 29, 1684)
Bishop Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. (颜当) (July 25, 1684 – 1709)
Bishop St. Pedro Sans i Jordà, O.P. (白多祿) (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)

Vicars Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (Roman Rite)

Archbishops of Fuzhou (Roman rite)

Archbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. (趙炳文) (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

Millare, Kristina (June 11, 2025). "Pope Leo XIV appoints new Chinese bishop for Archdiocese of Fuzhou". Catholic News Agency.
Pope Gregory XVI, Ex Debito Pastoralis (in Italian), published on 14 August 1838, accessed on 22 July 2025