Diocese of Xiapu
Funimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xiapu, China
Latin-rite diocese (Funing, seated at Xiapu, corresponding to the Mindong region of Ningde) in northeastern Fujian province, China, erected in 1923 as an apostolic vicariate and elevated to the Diocese of Funing in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou, it is led by Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu, recognized by the Holy See under the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Funimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000180
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 26,783
- Population
- 1,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.7%
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Vincent Zhan Silu
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 Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Xiapu, 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 Fuzhou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fuzhou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FuzhouFuzhou
- Diocese of ChangtingChangting
- Diocese of XiamenXiamen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered in the Chinese province of Fujian, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing, also called Xiapu (Latin: Funimen(sis), simplified Chinese: 福宁 / 霞浦; traditional Chinese: 福寧 /霞浦; pinyin: Fúníng / Xiápǔ), covers the municipal region of Ningde (formerly Funing) and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou.
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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.