Diocese of Chengde
Chengden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chengde, China
The Diocese of Chengde is a Latin rite diocese in Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Erected on 22 September 2018 from parts of the Diocese of Jehol and the Diocese of Chifeng, it was the first new Catholic diocese in China created after the 2018 China-Vatican provisional agreement. Joseph Guo Jincai serves as its bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 September 2018
- Latin
- Chengden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005091
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,000
- Population
- 3,700,000
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 7
- Catholics per priest
- 3,571
- Extent
- 39,519 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Joseph Guo Jincai
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 Good Shepherd stands in Chengde, 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 Beijing
A suffragan of Beijing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BeijingBeijing
- Diocese of AnguoAnguo
- Diocese of BaodingBaoding
- Diocese of DamingDaming
- Diocese of JingxianJingxian
- Diocese of TianjinTianjin
- Diocese of XianxianXianxian
- Diocese of XingtaiXingtai
- Diocese of YongnianYongnian
- Diocese of YongpingYongping
- Diocese of ZhangjiakouZhangjiakou
- Diocese of ZhaoxianZhaoxian
- Diocese of ZhengdingZhengding
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 22 September 2018 from parts of the territories of the Diocese of Jehol and the Diocese of Chifeng, the Diocese of Chengde (Chinese: 承德) is seated in the city of Chengde within the ecclesiastical province of Beijing. It holds several distinctions: the first diocese erected after the China-Vatican agreement of 22 September 2018, the first new Catholic diocese in China since 1949, and the first change to the Catholic hierarchy in China since 1951. Its boundaries match those of the civil prefecture-level city of Chengde in Hebei province.
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].