Apostolic Prefecture of Ankang
Hinganfuen(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Ankang, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1928
- Latin
- Hinganfuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000470
The see in figures
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
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
- John Wang Xiaoxun
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 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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].