[2] When Archbishop Paul Yü of Nanking attended the Second Vatican Council in 1965, Pope John XXIII proposed the development of the Chinese Catholic Church on Taiwan due to the situation of the Church on Mainland China.
In 1973, bishops from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines gathered at Fu Jen Catholic University for the inaugural meeting of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
The Secretariat, the highest administrative unit, contains the following 10 commissions: President: Most Reverend John Lee Keh-Mien (李克勉), Bishop of Hsinchu
Vice President: Most Reverend Peter Liu (劉振忠), Bishop of Kaohsiung
Note: The Archbishop of Taipei has also overseen the Apostolic Administration of Kinma since 1968.