Metropolitan see Hankou, China
Archdiocese of Hankou
Hancheuven(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Hankou is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese based in Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei, China, with St. Joseph's Cathedral as its seat. After a long vacancy dating from 1961, Franciscan Francis Cui Qingqi was ordained bishop for the see on 8 September 2021 under the China-Vatican provisional agreement.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 35,239
- Territory
- 12,120 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of St. JosephWuhan · CathedralView parish
- Cathedral of the Holy FamilyWuhan · CathedralView parish
- ChurchHanchuanView parish
- Church of Our Lady Help of ChristiansYunmengView parish
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francis Cui Qingqi
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The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hankou stands in Hankou, 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
Based in Hankou, Wuhan, in China's Hubei province, this Latin Rite metropolitan archdiocese (Latin: Hancheuvensis, Chinese: 漢口) has its archiepiscopal see at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hankou, Wuhan. Owing to the political situation, it has been a vacant, underground archdiocese without an apostolic administrator since 1961.