Diocese of Xingtai
Scioentean(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xingtai, China
Latin-rite diocese (historically Shunteh) in southern Hebei province, China, erected in 1933 as an apostolic prefecture carved from the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengding, raised to apostolic vicariate in 1944 and to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing, it has been led by Bishop Shi Guangdong since his ordination in 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Scioentean(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000182
The bishop
- Bishop
- Shi Guangdong
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 St. Joseph, Xingtai stands in Xingtai, 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 Beijing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Beijing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BeijingBeijing
- Diocese of AnguoAnguo
- Diocese of BaodingBaoding
- Diocese of ChengdeChengde
- Diocese of DamingDaming
- Diocese of JingxianJingxian
- Diocese of TianjinTianjin
- Diocese of XianxianXianxian
- Diocese of YongnianYongnian
- Diocese of YongpingYongping
- Diocese of ZhangjiakouZhangjiakou
- Diocese of ZhaoxianZhaoxian
- Diocese of ZhengdingZhengding
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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