Archdiocese of Chongqing
Ciomchimen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Chongqing, China
The Archdiocese of Chongqing (Chungking) is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southwestern China whose archbishop is primate of the Catholic Church in Sichuan. Established on 2 April 1856 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Szechwan, its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Chongqing. The see has been vacant without an apostolic administrator since 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Ciomchimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001147
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,608
- Population
- 11,500,000
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Extent
- 350,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing stands in Chongqing, 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 Chongqing
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChengduChengdu
- Diocese of KangdingKangding
- Diocese of LeshanLeshan
- Diocese of NanchongNanchong
- Diocese of WanxianWanxian
- Diocese of XichangXichang
- Diocese of YibinYibin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southwestern China, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chongqing, formerly spelt Chungking (Latin: Archidioecesis Ciomchimensis; Chinese: 天主教重慶總教區), is a Latin Church metropolitan see that still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its archbishop is the primate of the Catholic Church in Sichuan (Szechwan).
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].