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Diocese of Shuoxian

Scioceuven(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shuoxian, China

Latin-rite diocese in northern Shanxi province, China, erected in 1926 as an apostolic prefecture from the Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Shuozhou. Bishop Paul Ma Cunguo has led the diocese since 2007.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Scioceuven(sis)
Annuario code
001003050

The see in figures

Catholics
11,000
Population
1,300,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.8%
Priests
28
Catholics per priest
393
Extent
25,000 km²
Catholics per km²
0.4

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
Paul Ma Cunguo

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, Shuozhou stands in Shuoxian, 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 Taiyuan

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Taiyuan.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Shuozhou, a city in Shanxi within the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou/Shuoxian (Latin: Scioceuven(sis); Chinese: 朔州, 朔縣).

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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.