Archdiocese of Guangzhou
Coamceuven(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Guangzhou, China
The Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton) is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for Guangdong, China, erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Kwangtung in 1848 and elevated to metropolitan rank in 1946. Its seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Guangzhou. Joseph Gan Junqiu, ordained with papal consent in 2007, is the current archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Coamceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001536
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 20,346
- Population
- 4,800,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Extent
- 43,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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 Gan Junqiu
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou stands in Guangzhou, 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 Guangzhou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BeihaiBeihai
- Diocese of JiangmenJiangmen
- Diocese of MeixianMeixian
- Diocese of ShantouShantou
- Diocese of ShaoguanShaoguan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Guangzhou (Canton) in China is the seat of this archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Cantonensis, Chinese: 天主教廣州總教區).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission She-Se, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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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 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
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].