Archdiocese of Anqing
Nganchimen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Anqing, China
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Anhui province, China, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Anking on 21 February 1929 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese on 11 April 1946 with Bengbu and Wuhu as suffragans. Wikipedia lists its seat as the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Hefei and Joseph Liu Xinhong as archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nganchimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000697
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 28,268
- Population
- 7,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Extent
- 38,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Liu Xinhong
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 St. Thomas, Hefei stands in Anqing, 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 Anqing
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BengbuBengbu
- Diocese of WuhuWuhu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Anqing in China is the seat of this archdiocese, known as Anqing 安慶 or Huaining 懷寧 (Wade Giles: Huai-ning / Anking; Latin: Nganchimen(sis)).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Archbishop’s House, Anqing, Anhui, China
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].