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Diocese of Shantou

Scianteuven(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shantou, China

Latin-rite diocese in eastern Guangdong province, China, erected in 1914 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou (renamed Shantou in 1915) and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Shantou. Bishop Joseph Huang Bingzhang was reconciled and recognized by the Holy See under the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Scianteuven(sis)
Annuario code
001003038

The see in figures

Catholics
150,000
Population
17,500,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.9%
Priests
59
Catholics per priest
2,542
Extent
20,000 km²
Catholics per km²
7.5

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 Huang Bingzhang

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 St. Joseph, Shantou stands in Shantou, 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 Archdiocese of Guangzhou.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Shantou, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou/Swatow, known in Latin as Scianteuven(sis) and in Chinese as 汕頭.

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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.