Archdiocese of Hangzhou
Hamceuven(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hangzhou, China
The Archdiocese of Hangzhou (Hangchow) is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for Zhejiang, China, seated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hangzhou. The see lacked a bishop with a papal mandate from 1956 until 2008. Joseph Yang Yongqiang, formerly Bishop of Zhoucun, was appointed to Hangzhou in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Hamceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001576
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,003
- Population
- 6,467,246
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Extent
- 34,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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 Yang Yongqiang
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 Immaculate Conception, Hangzhou stands in Hangzhou, 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 Hangzhou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LinhaiLinhai
- Diocese of LishuiLishui
- Diocese of NingboNingbo
- Diocese of Yongjia, WenzhouYongjia, Wenzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Hangzhou (Zhejiang), China, this archdiocese, also rendered Hangchow (Latin: Hamceuven(sis), Chinese: 杭州), went without a bishop holding a papal mandate from 1956 until 2008. Matthew Cao Xiangde, appointed bishop by the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, was afterwards recognized by the Holy See.
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].