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Archdiocese of Shenyang

Fomtienen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Shenyang, China

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Liaoning province, northeastern China, tracing to the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung erected in 1838 from the Diocese of Beijing and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1946. Its seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang, and its suffragans include Chifeng, Fushun, Jilin, Jehol, Siping, Yanji and Yingkou. Archbishop Paul Pei Junmin has led the see since 2008.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Fomtienen(sis)
Annuario code
001003041

The see in figures

Catholics
11,767
Population
5,040,154
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.2%
Extent
5,040,154 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
Paul Pei Junmin

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang stands in Shenyang, 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 Shenyang

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In northeastern PR China, the Archdiocese of Shenyang (Latin: Fomtienen(sis); Chinese: 瀋陽, 奉天) stands as a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese. Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province.

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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.