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Diocese of Chifeng

Cefomen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chifeng, China

The Diocese of Chifeng (Chihfeng) is a Latin rite diocese centered on the city of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shenyang. The see is vacant.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
21 April 1949
Latin
Cefomen(sis)
Annuario code
001001128

The see in figures

Catholics
29,582
Population
798,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
3.7%
Extent
75,087 km²
Catholics per km²
0.4

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 in Chifeng stands in Chifeng, 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 Shenyang

A suffragan of Shenyang.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the city of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia, this diocese, also spelled Chihfeng (Latin: Cefomen(sis), Chinese: 赤峰), belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Shenyang in China.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.