Metropolitan see Guangzhou, China
Archdiocese of Guangzhou
Coamceuven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1848
- Catholics
- 20,346
- Territory
- 43,332 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Joseph Gan Junqiu
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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.
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).