Diocese of Changde
Ciamtean(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Changde, China
The Diocese of Changde is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Changsha in Hunan, central China. Its episcopal see is the city of Changde. The see has been vacant since 1965, though an apostolic administrator has served since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Ciamtean(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001106
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,690
- Population
- 3,200,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Extent
- 10,000 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
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
Liuyehu Cathedral stands in Changde, 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 Changsha
A suffragan of Changsha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChangshaChangsha
- Diocese of HengyangHengyang
- Diocese of YuanlingYuanling
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Central China, within the ecclesiastical province of Changsha, lies the suffragan Latin Diocese of Changde (Latin: Ciamtean(us), Chinese: 常德), which nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the city of Changde. Vacant since 1965, the diocese has had an apostolic administrator since 2012.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, Changde, Hunan, 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].