Apostolic Administration of Harbin
Harbin(us)
Apostolic administration · Latin Church · Harbin, China
The Apostolic Administration of Harbin is a Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China, exempt and directly subject to the Holy See. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harbin. Joseph Yue Fusheng, its first native ordinary (2012), was recognized by the Vatican on 22 September 2018 under the China-Vatican agreement.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic administration
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1931
- Latin
- Harbin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000516
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Yue Fusheng
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 Sacred Heart of Jesus, Harbin stands in Harbin, 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.
History
Manchuria, in China, contains the Apostolic Administration of Harbin (哈爾濱), a pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Latin Church. Exempt, it answers directly to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, stands in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, PR China.
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