The Diocese of Yujiang situates in the Ecclesiastical province of Nanchang. It began as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kiangsi on August 28, 1885.
In 1920, the diocese called the Apostolic Vicariate of Fuzhou. It was later renamed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Yujiang on June 1, 1921. It became a diocese on April 11, 1946.