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Diocese of Chiayi Dioecesis Kiayiensis 天主教嘉義教區 | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Taiwan |
| Territory | Chiayi and counties of Chiayi and Yunlin |
| Ecclesiastical province | Taipei |
| Metropolitan | Taipei |
| Archdeaconries | 7 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,582,934 17,820 (1.1%) |
| Members | 7,058 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St John in Chiayi City |
| Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
| Secular priests | 20 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Chung An-zu |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 天主教嘉義教區 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 天主教嘉義教区 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | Dioecesis Kiayiensis | ||||||||||||||||
The Diocese of Chiayi (Latin: Dioecesis Kiayiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan.
Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Chiayi in 1952, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.