Suffragan diocese Anlong, China
Diocese of Anlong
Nganlomen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese, known as Nanlong or Anlong, located in Anlong in Guizhou province, western China; established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Nanlong on 16 February 1922 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kweichow, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1927 and to diocese on 11 April 1946. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guiyang. The see is sede vacante per Wikipedia.
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- Established
- 1922
- Catholics
- 11,403
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 45,000 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Anlong Catholic Cathedral (Anlong Tianzhutang), 7 Gongyuan Road, Anlong stands in Anlong, 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
In western China, within the ecclesiastical province of Guiyang, lies the Diocese of Nanlong/Anlong (Latin: Nganlomen(sis), Chinese: 南龍, 安龍), seated in Anlong, Guizhou.