Diocese of Haimen
Haemenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Haimen, China
The Diocese of Haimen is a Latin rite diocese located in Haimen (Nantong), Jiangsu, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanjing. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Nantong. The see is vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Haemenen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001566
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,149
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 854
- Extent
- 13,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Shen Bin
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
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Nantong stands in Haimen, 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 Nanjing
A suffragan of Nanjing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NanjingNanjing
- Diocese of ShanghaiShanghai
- Diocese of SuzhouSuzhou
- Diocese of XuzhouXuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Haimen (Nantong), China, the Diocese of Haimen (Latin: Haemenen(sis), Chinese: 海門) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory serving as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese and Nanjing.
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].