Diocese of Changzhi
Lunganen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Changzhi, China
The Diocese of Lu'an (Changzhi) is a Latin rite diocese in Shanxi, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changzhi. Wikipedia records the see as vacant with Peter Ding Lingbin serving as coadjutor.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Lunganen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001109
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Population
- 3,000,000
- Catholic share
- 1.0%
- Extent
- 3,000,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Bishop
- Peter Ding Lingbin
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 the Sacred Heart, Changzhi stands in Changzhi, 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 Taiyuan
A suffragan of Taiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaiyuanTaiyuan
- Diocese of DatongDatong
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of LüliangLüliang
- Diocese of ShuoxianShuoxian
- Diocese of YuciYuci
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Lu'an within the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China, the Diocese of Lu'an/Changzhi (Latin: Lunganen(sis), Chinese: 潞安, 長治) should not be confused with Lu'an (六安) in Anhui province. In standard Mandarin the city's name is now pronounced "Luan", but the local dialect rendered it "Lu-ngan", which is why early Christian missionary accounts use that form; the American Presbyterian publication "The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, Volume 3" calls it "Lu-ngan-fu".
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Bishop’s House, Changzhi, Shanxi, 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].