Metropolitan see Guiyang, China
Archdiocese of Guiyang
Coeiiamen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Guiyang (Kweyang) is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for Guizhou province, southwestern China, with St. Joseph's Cathedral in Guiyang as its seat. Guizhou first became an apostolic vicariate in 1696 and the vicariate was definitively re-erected in 1846 before elevation with the Chinese hierarchy in 1946. Paul Xiao Zejiang has led the see since 2014.
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- Established
- 1696
- Catholics
- 24,713
- Territory
- 100,000 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
- Paul Xiao Zejiang
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The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Guiyang stands in Guiyang, 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
Seated in Guiyang, provincial capital of Guizhou (formerly Kweichow; French: Kouy-tcheou) in southwestern China, this archdiocese was formerly spelled Kweyang (Latin: Archidioecesis Coeiiamensis; simplified Chinese: 天主教贵阳总教区; traditional Chinese: 天主教貴陽總教區).