Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding

{{Infobox diocese }}
 * jurisdiction    = Diocese
 * name            = Baoding
 * local           = 保定教区
 * latin           = Dioecesis Paotimensis
 * image           = BaodingCathedral.jpg
 * image_size      = 230px
 * caption         = Baoding Cathedral
 * country         = {
 * province        = Beijing
 * rite            = Latin Rite
 * cathedral       = Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Baoding
 * cocathedral     =
 * area_km2        = 12,000
 * population      = 2,000,000
 * population_as_of = 1950
 * catholics       = 78,601
 * catholics_percent= 3.9
 * pope            = {{Incumbent pope}}
 * bishop          = Sede Vacante
 * metro_archbishop = Joseph Li Shan
 * coadjutor       =
 * auxiliary_bishops=

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding/Ching-Yüan/Qingyuan  (Paotimen(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Baoding in the ecclesiastical province of Beijing in China.

History

 * February 14, 1910: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境
 * December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baodingfu 保定府
 * April 11, 1946: Promoted as Diocese of Baoding 保定

Special churches
(National Shrine of Our Lady of China), Donglu
 * National Shrine:
 * 中华圣母国家朝圣地

Leadership

 * Bishops of Baoding 保定 (Roman rite)
 * Bishop Su Zhi-Ming ( December 21, 1995 -
 * Bishop Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (範學淹) (April 12, 1951 – April 16, 1992)
 * Bishop [{John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德) (July 19, 1946 - June 1951), while Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13)
 * Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (April 11, 1946 – July 18, 1946)
 * Bishop An Shuxin (arrested by the Chinese government in 1997 and released in 2006)
 * Vicars Apostolic of Baodingfu 保定府 (Roman Rite)
 * Bishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi, C.M. (周濟世) (later Archbishop) (March 26, 1931 – April 11, 1946)
 * Bishop Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. (满德胎) (December 18, 1924 – January 25, 1930)
 * Vicars Apostolic of Central Chi-Li 直隸中境 (Roman Rite)
 * Bishop Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. (富成功) (February 19, 1910 – June 12, 1923)