Diocese of Yibin
Siufuan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yibin, China
Latin Church diocese, also known as the Diocese of Suifu, seated at Yibin in Sichuan, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chongqing. Erected on January 24, 1860 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan, renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu in 1924, and promoted to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Yibin; Bishop Peter Luo Xuegang has served since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Siufuan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000202
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,000
- Priests
- 7
- Catholics per priest
- 5,000
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
- Peter Luo Xuegang
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
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral stands in Yibin, 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:
- Archdiocese of ChongqingChongqing
- Diocese of ChengduChengdu
- Diocese of KangdingKangding
- Diocese of LeshanLeshan
- Diocese of NanchongNanchong
- Diocese of WanxianWanxian
- Diocese of XichangXichang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Once known as Suifu, the city of Yibin gives its seat to the Diocese of Suifu (Latin: Dioecesis Siufuana; Chinese: 天主教叙府教區), a Latin Catholic diocese also called the Diocese of Yibin, within the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It was erected on January 24, 1860 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), the name reflecting its position in the southern part of the mission territory.
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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.