Diocese of Dali
Talian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dali, China
The Diocese of Dali (Tali) is a Latin rite diocese in Yunnan, southwestern China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kunming. Its Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Dali notably incorporates traditional Chinese architectural elements. The see is vacant; its last apostolic administrator, Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang, died in 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 December 1948
- Latin
- Talian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001264
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,097
- Population
- 3,212,339
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 124
- Extent
- 3,212,339 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
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 of the Sacred Heart, Dali stands in Dali, 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 Kunming
A suffragan of Kunming.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KunmingKunming
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Catholic see in the ecclesiastical province of Kunming in southwestern China, the Diocese of Dali/Tali (Latin: Talian(us), Chinese: 大理) is seated in the city of Dali. The Vatican named Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang its Apostolic Administrator in 2000, an office he held until his death in 2012.
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].