Diocese of Caozhou, Heze
Zaoceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caozhou, Heze, China
The Diocese of Caozhou (Tsaochow), also known as Heze, is a Latin rite diocese in Shandong, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Heze. The see is vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Zaoceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001046
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 74,013
- Population
- 4,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.9%
- Extent
- 13,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.7
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King, Heze stands in Caozhou, Heze, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Jinan
A suffragan of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of LinyiLinyi
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of WeifangWeifang
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of YanzhouYanzhou
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caozhou is the seat of this diocese, known variously as Caozhou, Tsaochow or Heze (Latin: Zaoceuven(sis), Chinese: 曹州, 荷澤), within the ecclesiastical province of Jinan in China.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.