Diocese of Linyi
Iceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Linyi, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yizhou (Ichow/Linyi) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Jinan, China, with its episcopal seat in Linyi, Shandong. It was erected as a diocese in 1946. Its bishop is John Fang Xingyao; in 1950 the diocese counted about 20,545 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Iceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002016
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 20,545
- Population
- 3,600,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 822
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Bishop
- John Fang Xingyao
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 in Linyi stands in Linyi, 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
A suffragan of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of Caozhou, HezeCaozhou, Heze
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of WeifangWeifang
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of YanzhouYanzhou
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Linyi, a city in Shandong, holds the episcopal seat of a Latin suffragan diocese belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan in PR China. The see is known variously as the Diocese of Yizhou, Ichow, or Linyi (Latin: Iceuven(sis); Chinese: 沂州, 臨沂).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.