Archdiocese of Nanjing
Nanchinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nanjing, China
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing (Nanking) is a Latin metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946, with suffragans including Shanghai, Suzhou, Haimen and Xuzhou. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing. In 1949 it counted about 32,536 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nanchinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002348
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,536
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 692
- Extent
- 6,000,000 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
- Francis Xavier Lu Xinping
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, Nanjing stands in Nanjing, 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 Nanjing
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HaimenHaimen
- Diocese of ShanghaiShanghai
- Diocese of SuzhouSuzhou
- Diocese of XuzhouXuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the dioceses of the Catholic Church in China stands the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing/Nanking, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Nanchinensis.
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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.