Archdiocese of Hankou
Hancheuven(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hankou, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Hancheuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001577
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,239
- Population
- 2,200,000
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Extent
- 12,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
- Francis Cui Qingqi
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
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.
The province of Hankou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EnshiEnshi
- Diocese of HanyangHanyang
- Diocese of LaohekouLaohekou
- Diocese of PuqiPuqi
- Diocese of QichunQichun
- Diocese of WuchangWuchang
- Diocese of XiangyangXiangyang
- Diocese of YichangYichang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].