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Apostolic Administration of Harbin

Harbin(us)

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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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.