Diocese of Yongnian
Iomnienin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yongnian, China
Latin Church diocese, also known as the Diocese of Handan, seated in Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Established on May 24, 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yongnian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1933 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. Bishop Joseph Sun Jigen was appointed Bishop of Yongnian on October 13, 2021; the diocese is among the fastest growing in mainland China.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Iomnienin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000210
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Extent
- 9 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16,667
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 Sun Jigen
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
del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús stands in Yongnian, 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 XingtaiXingtai
- Diocese of YongpingYongping
- Diocese of ZhangjiakouZhangjiakou
- Diocese of ZhaoxianZhaoxian
- Diocese of ZhengdingZhengding
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Yongnian, also called Weixian (Latin: Iomnienin(us), Chinese: 永年, 魏縣), is a Latin Church diocese seated in the city of Yongnian, China, standing as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing. It also carries the name Diocese of Handan/Yongnian (Chinese: 邯郸/永年教区).
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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.