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Diocese of Haimen

Haemenen(sis)

The Diocese of Haimen is a Latin rite diocese located in Haimen (Nantong), Jiangsu, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanjing. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Nantong. The see is vacant.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Haemenen(sis)
Annuario code
001001566

The see in figures

Catholics
40,149
Priests
47
Catholics per priest
854
Extent
13,500 km²
Catholics per km²
3.0

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

Bishop
Joseph Shen Bin

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Nantong stands in Haimen, 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 Nanjing

A suffragan of Nanjing.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Located in Haimen (Nantong), China, the Diocese of Haimen (Latin: Haemenen(sis), Chinese: 海門) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory serving as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese and Nanjing.

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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.