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Archdiocese of Xi'an

Singanen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Xi'an, China

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Shaanxi province, China, erected in 1911 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Shensi and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1946. Its seat is St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, with suffragan sees including Fengxiang, Hanzhong, Sanyuan, Yan'an and Zhouzhi. Archbishop Anthony Dang Mingyan has led the see since 2006.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Singanen(sis)
Annuario code
001000177

The see in figures

Catholics
13,394
Population
1,500,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.9%
Extent
12,000 km²
Catholics per km²
1.1

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
Anthony Dang Mingyan

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

St. Francis Cathedral, Xi'an stands in Xi'an, 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 Xi'an

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

Xi'an (Latin: Singanen(sis), Chinese: 西安, 長安) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in China, seated in the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi.

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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.