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Diocese of Pingliang

Pimliamen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pingliang, China

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pingliang is located in Pingliang, Gansu, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lanzhou erected as a diocese in 1950. Bishop Anthony Li Hui, ordained in 2021 under the Sino-Vatican agreement, heads the see, with Nicholas Han Jide, OFM Cap, as bishop emeritus.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 June 1950
Latin
Pimliamen(sis)
Annuario code
001002604

The see in figures

Extent
38,416 km²

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
Anthony Li Hui

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 Pingliang stands in Pingliang, 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 Lanzhou

A suffragan of Lanzhou.

The sees of this province:

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

History

The city of Pingliang in Gansu, within the ecclesiastical province of Lanzhou in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pingliang, rendered Pimliamen(sis) in Latin and 平涼 in Chinese.

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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.