Diocese of Yinchuan
Nimsciian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yinchuan, China
Latin Church diocese, also known as the Diocese of Ningxia, seated at Yinchuan in the Ningxia autonomous region of northwestern China, in the ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan. Established on March 14, 1922 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Ningxia from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Mongolia and promoted to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Yinchuan; Bishop Joseph Li Jing has served since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nimsciian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000204
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,313
- Population
- 1,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.5%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 706
- Extent
- 200,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Joseph Li Jing
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 Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Yinchuan, 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 Suiyuan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Suiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HohhotHohhot
- Diocese of JiningJining
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In north(west)ern China, the Diocese of Ningxia, also called Yinchuan (Latin: Nimsciian(us), simplified Chinese: 宁夏/银川; traditional Chinese: 寧夏/銀川; pinyin: Níngxià/Yínchuān), is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Suiyuan, though it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, stands in the city of Yinchuan in the Ningxia autonomous region. No statistics are available.
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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.