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Archdiocese of Hangzhou

Hamceuven(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hangzhou, China

The Archdiocese of Hangzhou (Hangchow) is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for Zhejiang, China, seated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hangzhou. The see lacked a bishop with a papal mandate from 1956 until 2008. Joseph Yang Yongqiang, formerly Bishop of Zhoucun, was appointed to Hangzhou in 2024.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Hamceuven(sis)
Annuario code
001001576

The see in figures

Catholics
27,003
Population
6,467,246
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.4%
Extent
34,000 km²
Catholics per km²
0.8

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

Archbishop
Joseph Yang Yongqiang

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 Immaculate Conception, Hangzhou stands in Hangzhou, 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 Hangzhou

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Seated in Hangzhou (Zhejiang), China, this archdiocese, also rendered Hangchow (Latin: Hamceuven(sis), Chinese: 杭州), went without a bishop holding a papal mandate from 1956 until 2008. Matthew Cao Xiangde, appointed bishop by the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, was afterwards recognized by the Holy See.

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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.