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Diocese of Zhumadian

Ciumatienen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zhumadian, China

Latin Church diocese seated at Zhumadian in Henan, China, in the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng. Established on March 2, 1933 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Zhumadian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nanyangfu and the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinyangzhou, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1944 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. The see has long been vacant; its last bishop, Joseph Mary Yuan Kezhi, served until 1969.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 April 1946
Latin
Ciumatienen(sis)
Annuario code
001000244

The see in figures

Catholics
14,100
Population
1,300,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
1.1%
Extent
12,700 km²
Catholics per km²
1.1

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
Cosmas Ji Chengyi

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 Zhumadian stands in Zhumadian, 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 Kaifeng

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaifeng.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Zhumadian, also rendered Chumatien (Latin: Ciumatienen(sis), Chinese: 駐馬店), is a Roman Catholic diocese seated in the city of Zhumadian in Henan, within China's ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng.

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Sources

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.