Diocese of Caozhou, Heze
Zaoceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caozhou, Heze, China
The Diocese of Caozhou (Tsaochow), also known as Heze, is a Latin rite diocese in Shandong, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Heze. The see is vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Zaoceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001046
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 74,013
- Population
- 4,000,000
- Catholic share
- 1.9%
- Extent
- 13,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.7
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
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
Cathedral of Christ the King, Heze stands in Caozhou, Heze, 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 Jinan
A suffragan of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of LinyiLinyi
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of WeifangWeifang
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of YanzhouYanzhou
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caozhou is the seat of this diocese, known variously as Caozhou, Tsaochow or Heze (Latin: Zaoceuven(sis), Chinese: 曹州, 荷澤), within the ecclesiastical province of Jinan in China.
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].