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Diocese of Laohekou

Laohocheuven(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Laohekou, China

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou (Laohokow) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Hankou in central China, with its episcopal see in Laohekou, Hubei. It was erected as a diocese in 1946. The see has been vacant since 1966 without an apostolic administrator; in 1950 it counted about 20,445 Catholics.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Laohocheuven(sis)
Annuario code
001001952

The see in figures

Catholics
20,445
Population
2,500,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.8%
Priests
27
Catholics per priest
757
Extent
30,000 km²
Catholics per km²
0.7

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

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral de San José stands in Laohekou, 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 Hankou

A suffragan of Hankou.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In central China, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou/Laohokow (Latin: Laohocheuven(sis); Chinese: 老河口) is a Latin suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou, though it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The episcopal see lies in the city of Laohekou in Hubei. No statistics are available, and the see has been vacant (perhaps dormant) since 1966, with no Apostolic administrator appointed.

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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.