Diocese of Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakouen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zhangjiakou, China
Latin Church diocese seated at Zhangjiakou in northwestern Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Pope Leo XIV erected it in 2025 (decision of July 8, announced September 10), simultaneously suppressing the 1946 dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi whose territories it merged. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Zhangjiakou; Joseph Wang Zhengui was consecrated its first bishop on September 10, 2025. The diocese counts roughly 85,000 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 July 2025
- Latin
- Zhangjiakouen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005138
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,000
- Population
- 4,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 955
- Extent
- 1,980 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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 Wang Zhengui
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 Holy Family stands in Zhangjiakou, 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 YongnianYongnian
- Diocese of YongpingYongping
- Diocese of ZhaoxianZhaoxian
- Diocese of ZhengdingZhengding
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Zhangjiakou is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Hebei province, China, its episcopal see being the city of Zhangjiakou in the province's northwest. Pope Leo XIV created it on 10 September 2025, an act that coincided with the disestablishment of the Diocese of Xuanhua and the Diocese of Xiwanzi and with the consecration of Joseph Wang Zhengui as Zhangjiakou's first bishop. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Beijing.
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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.