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Archdiocese of Jinan

Zinanen(sis)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan is a Latin metropolitan see located in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Jinan. In 1950 it counted about 44,016 Catholics.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Zinanen(sis)
Annuario code
001001741

The see in figures

Catholics
44,016
Population
5,000,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.9%
Extent
25,000 km²
Catholics per km²
1.8

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 Zhang Xianwang

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jinan stands in Jinan, 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 Jinan

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

The city of Jinan in Shandong, China, is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan, known in Latin as Zinanen(sis) and in Chinese as 濟南.

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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.