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Archdiocese of Taiyuan

Taeiüenen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Taiyuan, China

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Shanxi province, China, erected in 1890 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shansi and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1946. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Taiyuan, with suffragan sees including Datong, Fenyang, Hongdong, Lu'an, Shuozhou and Yuci. Archbishop Paul Meng Ningyou has led the see since 2013 and was publicly active through 2025.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Taeiüenen(sis)
Annuario code
001003156

The see in figures

Catholics
40,749
Population
1,500,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.7%
Extent
16,000 km²
Catholics per km²
2.5

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

Archbishop
Paul Meng Ningyou

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 the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan stands in Taiyuan, 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

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

Taiyuan, a city in Shanxi, China, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese whose Latin name is Taeiuenen(sis) and whose Chinese name is 太原.

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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.