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Suffragan diocese Baoding, China

Diocese of Baoding

Paotimen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese centered on the city of Baoding in Hebei, China, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Chi-Li on 14 February 1910 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Chi-Li, renamed Baodingfu in 1924 and promoted to the Diocese of Baoding on 11 April 1946. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing and its seat is the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Baoding. The see is listed sede vacante by Wikipedia.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul, Baoding, in Baoding, China.

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Established
1910
Catholics
78,601
Priests
68
Territory
12,000 km²

Parishes and churches

20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
James Su Zhi-min

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul, Baoding stands in Baoding, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within the ecclesiastical province of Beijing lies the Diocese of Baoding, also rendered Ching-Yüan or Qingyuan (Latin: Paotimen(sis), Chinese: 保定, 青苑), seated in the Chinese city of Baoding.