Suffragan diocese Changzhi, China
Diocese of Changzhi
Lunganen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Territory
- 3,000,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Ding Lingbin
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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.
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".