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Diocese of Xingtai

Scioentean(us)

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:

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

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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.