Suffragan diocese Jilin, China
Diocese of Jilin
Chilinen(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jilin (Kirin) covers part of Manchuria in northeast China and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shenyang. Elevated to a diocese in 1946, its episcopal see is St. Theresa's Cathedral in Changchun, the former cathedral being the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jilin City. The see has been vacant since 2009; in 1949 it counted about 35,000 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 35,000
- Priests
- 33
- Territory
- 163,000 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of St. Therese 圣小德兰主教座堂Changchun 长春 · CathedralView parish
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 耶稣圣心堂Jilin 吉林 · CathedralView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Theresa's Cathedral, Changchun stands in Jilin, 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
In Manchuria, in China's northeast, the Latin Diocese of Jilin/Kírín (Latin: Chilinen(sis); Chinese: 吉林) serves as a suffragan of the Metropolitan of Shenyang 瀋陽 while depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The see has been vacant, again, since 2009. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Theresa in Changchun 长春; the earlier cathedral survives as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jilin City.