Suffragan diocese Jining, China
Diocese of Jining
Zinimen(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jining is located in Jining (Ulanqab), Inner Mongolia, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Suiyuan, erected as a diocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Ulanqab. Its bishop, Anthony Yao Shun, was the first ordained under the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement; in 1950 the diocese counted about 36,240 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 36,240
- Priests
- 64
- Territory
- 40,000 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary 圣母玫瑰主教座堂Ulanqab 乌兰察布 · CathedralView parish
- Church 四子王旗古营子天主堂Guyingzi 古营子View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Anthony Yao Shun
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Ulanqab stands in Jining, 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
Jining, in Ulanqab, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jining (Latin: Zinimen(sis); Chinese: 集寧), a jurisdiction within the ecclesiastical province of Suiyuan in China.