Diocese of Chifeng
Cefomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chifeng, China
The Diocese of Chifeng (Chihfeng) is a Latin rite diocese centered on the city of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shenyang. The see is vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 April 1949
- Latin
- Cefomen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001128
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 29,582
- Population
- 798,000
- Catholic share
- 3.7%
- Extent
- 75,087 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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 in Chifeng stands in Chifeng, 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 Shenyang
A suffragan of Shenyang.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ShenyangShenyang
- Diocese of FushunFushun
- Diocese of JilinJilin
- Diocese of JinzhouJinzhou
- Diocese of SipingSiping
- Diocese of YanjiYanji
- Diocese of YingkouYingkou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia, this diocese, also spelled Chihfeng (Latin: Cefomen(sis), Chinese: 赤峰), belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Shenyang 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].