Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mugadziri wokutanga wechechi (akapiwa basa naBhishopi Augustin Henninghaus) akagadzira chechi yeGothic ine nhurikidzwa nhatu, asi Hondo Yenyika I
kukundwa kweQingdao navaJapan pana November 16, 1914, kwakagumisa zvirongwa zvechechi huru. Guta racho rakadzokera muudzori hweChina muna December 1922, riri pasi pokutonga kweRepublic of China. Vicariate Apostolic yeSouthern Shan-tung yakatumidzwa zita rekuti Vicariate Apostolic yeYanzhoufu musi waZvita 13, 1924, uye musi waFebruary 22, 1925, Apostolic Prefecture yeQingdao yakavambwa kubva munharaunda yayo, naBishop Georg Weig, SVD, akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri musi waKurume 18 wegore rimwe chetero. Pana June 14, 1928, yakakwidziridzwa kuva Vicariate Apostolic. Apo kuvaka kwakatangazve, gadziriro yapakuvamba yechiGothic yakanga isingacharangarirwi kuva yakafanira nokuda kwenzvimbo yamaguta yazvino uno yeQingdao. Baba Alfred Fräbel vakagadzira chivako chemazuva ano chechiRoma, chakavakwa panguva yaBhishopi Weig, uyo akavigwa muchechi huru.