Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan

Diocese of Tainan
Diocese of Tainan; Dioecesis Tainanensis; 天主教台南教區
Location
Country	Taiwan
Ecclesiastical province	Taipei
Metropolitan	Taipei
Statistics
Area	2,780 km2 (1,070 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 1,873,226; 9,434 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	21 March 1961
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of China in Tainan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Bosco Lin Chi-nan
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Hung Shan-chuan
Map
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan (Lat: Dioecesis Tainanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan.

Erected in March 1961, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei. The diocese has not undergone any jurisdictional changes.

The current bishop is Bosco Lin Chi-nan, appointed in January 2004.

Ordinaries

Stanislaus Lokuang † (21 Mar 1961 Appointed - 15 Feb 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang † (7 Jun 1966 Appointed - 3 Dec 1990 Retired)
Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (3 Dec 1990 Appointed - 24 Jan 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Taipei)
Bosco Lin Chi-nan (24 Jan 2004 Appointed - )