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Diocese of Xichang

Nimiüenen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xichang, China

Latin-rite diocese (historically Ningyuan) in western Sichuan province, China, erected in 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, its seat is the Cathedral of the Angels in Xichang; Bishop John Lei Jiapei has led the diocese since 2016.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Nimiüenen(sis)
Annuario code
001000181

The see in figures

Catholics
11,143
Population
2,000,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.6%
Priests
35
Catholics per priest
318
Extent
120,000 km²
Catholics per km²
0.1

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

Bishop
John Lei Jiapei

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 Angels, Xichang stands in Xichang, 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 Chongqing

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chongqing.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The city of Xichang, once known as Ningyuan or Kienchang, is the seat of the Diocese of Ningyuan (Latin: Dioecesis Nimiuenensis; Chinese: 天主教甯遠教區), a Latin Catholic diocese also called the Diocese of Xichang or Sichang, within the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It began on August 12, 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), in that province's Nosuland.

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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.