Diocese of Hong Kong 香港
Sciiamchiamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hong Kong 香港, Hong Kong
The Diocese of Hong Kong was erected as a diocese in 1946 and functions in practice as immediately subject to the Holy See. It is led by Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J., who was appointed in 2021 and created a cardinal in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Sciiamchiamen(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculada Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001001608
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 395,000
- Population
- 7,374,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.4%
- Priests
- 283
- Catholics per priest
- 1,396
- Extent
- 1,104 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 358
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
- Stephen Chow
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 Conception stands in Hong Kong 香港, 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.
History
The Diocese of Hong Kong (Chinese: 天主教香港教區; Latin: Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, takes its name from the see city, the metropolitan area where its bishop resides. On paper it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton), yet in practice it answers immediately to the Holy See. In theory its territory also extends beyond Hong Kong to a small part of Guangdong province.
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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.