Apostolic prefecture Ankang, China
Apostolic Prefecture of Ankang
Hinganfuen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture, also known as the Apostolic Prefecture of Ankang, in southern Shaanxi, China, erected on 28 March 1928 from the Apostolic Vicariates of Hanzhong and Xi'anfu. It is a pre-diocesan jurisdiction depending directly on the Holy See and its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ankang. Wikipedia lists Bishop John Wang Xiaoxun as its current ordinary.
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- Established
- 1928
- Territory
- 25,000 km²
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- John Wang Xiaoxun
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ankang stands in Ankang, 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
Known also as the Apostolic Prefecture of Ankang, the Apostolic Prefecture of Xing'anfu (Latin: Hinganfuen(sis), Chinese: 興安府; pinyin: Xing'anfu) is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Shaanxi, dependent directly on the Holy See and its missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.