Diocese of Datong
Tatomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Datong, China
The Diocese of Datong (Tatung) is a Latin rite diocese in Shanxi, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan and historically served by the Scheut missionaries (CICM). Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong. The see is vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Tatomen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001280
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,702
- Population
- 1,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 592
- Extent
- 20,000 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 of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Datong stands in Datong, 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 Taiyuan
A suffragan of Taiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaiyuanTaiyuan
- Diocese of ChangzhiChangzhi
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of LüliangLüliang
- Diocese of ShuoxianShuoxian
- Diocese of YuciYuci
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in PR China, Datong, also spelled Tatung (Latin: Tatomen(sis), Chinese: 大同), has its cathedral episcopal see at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the city of Datong (Shanxi). The see is vacant.
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].