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Apostolic administration Harbin, China

Apostolic Administration of Harbin

Harbin(us)

The Apostolic Administration of Harbin is a Latin rite pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China, exempt and directly subject to the Holy See. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harbin. Joseph Yue Fusheng, its first native ordinary (2012), was recognized by the Vatican on 22 September 2018 under the China-Vatican agreement.

On the map

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Harbin, China, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1931

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

Bishop
Joseph Yue Fusheng

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Harbin stands in Harbin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Manchuria, in China, contains the Apostolic Administration of Harbin (哈爾濱), a pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Latin Church. Exempt, it answers directly to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, stands in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, PR China.