Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan
Siangtanen(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Xiangtan, China
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture in Hunan province, China, erected in 1937 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha. It is an exempt pre-diocesan jurisdiction directly dependent on the Holy See, with its principal church the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Xiangtan; the prefecture has been vacant since the death of Fr. Pacifico Calzolari OFM in 1965.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 July 1937
- Latin
- Siangtanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000499
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Xiangtan stands in Xiangtan, 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.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Catholic Mission, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.