Diocese of Anlong
Nganlomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Anlong, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nganlomen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000695
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,403
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 380
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. 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.
The province of Guiyang
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Guiyang.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuiyangGuiyang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].