Diocese of Weifang
Veifangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Weifang, China
Latin-rite diocese in Shandong province, China, erected on April 20, 2023 from the former Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian, one of the first new Chinese dioceses created under the Sino-Vatican agreement. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan, its seat is the Cathedral Church of Christ the King in Qingzhou; Bishop Anthony Sun Wenjun was appointed on January 29, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 2023
- Latin
- Veifangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005137
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,000
- Population
- 9,386,705
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 600
- Extent
- 16,167 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
- Anthony Sun Wenjun
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 Church of Christ the King, Qingzhou stands in Weifang, 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 Jinan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of Caozhou, HezeCaozhou, Heze
- Diocese of LinyiLinyi
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of YanzhouYanzhou
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Weifang is a Latin Catholic diocese in China, a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan. It succeeded the earlier Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian. Since 29 January 2024 its bishop has been Anthony Sun Venjun.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.