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

• 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

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

• 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)

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan]". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Baoding 保定". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

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