Diocese of Meixian

Chiaïmen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Meixian, China

The Diocese of Meixian (Kaying) is a Latin diocese in Meixian, Guangdong, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou. Erected on 20 February 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaying from the Vicariate Apostolic of Swatow, it became a vicariate in 1935 and a diocese on 11 April 1946; its first bishop was Maryknoll's Francis Xavier Ford, who died in a Chinese prison in 1952. Bishop Joseph Liao Hongqing, ordained in 2003, heads the see; in 1950 it counted about 22,819 Catholics.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 11 April 1946
Latin: Chiaïmen(sis)
Annuario code: 001002211

The see in figures

Catholics: 22,819

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: Joseph Liao Hongqing

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 Holy Family, Meizhou stands in Meixian, 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 Guangzhou

A suffragan of Guangzhou.

The sees of this province:

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

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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.