Archdiocese of Nanchang

Nanciamen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nanchang, China

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang is a Latin metropolitan see based in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanchang. In 1950 it counted about 25,996 Catholics.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 11 April 1946
Latin: Nanciamen(sis)
Annuario code: 001002344

The see in figures

Catholics: 25,996
Population: 4,872,691
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.5%
Extent: 4,872,691 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.0

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: John Baptist Li Suguang

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 Immaculate Conception, Nanchang stands in Nanchang, 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 Nanchang

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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 · 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.