Archdiocese of Nanning
Nannimen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nanning, China
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanning is a Latin metropolitan see located in Nanning, Guangxi, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946, with Wuzhou as suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of China in Nanning. Bishop Tan Yanquan heads the see; in 1950 it counted about 7,584 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nannimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002349
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,584
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.1%
- 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
- Tan Yanquan
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 Our Lady of China, Nanning stands in Nanning, 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 Nanning
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Wuzhou, CangwuWuzhou, Cangwu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nanning, a city in Guangxi, China, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese whose Latin name is Nannimen(sis) and whose Chinese name is 南寧.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Catholic Mission, Archbishop’s House, Nanning, Guanxi, China
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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.