Archdiocese of Fuzhou
Fuceuven(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Fuzhou, China
The Archdiocese of Fuzhou is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for northern Fujian, China, centered on the city of Fuzhou, with Saint Dominic's Cathedral as its seat. It descends from the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian and was elevated with the Chinese hierarchy in 1946. Joseph Cai Bingrui, previously Bishop of Xiamen, was appointed archbishop in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Fuceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001453
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,525
- Population
- 2,975,730
- Catholic share
- 1.4%
- Extent
- 32,348 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Cai Bingrui
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
Saint Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou stands in Fuzhou, 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 Fuzhou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChangtingChangting
- Diocese of XiamenXiamen
- Diocese of XiapuXiapu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].