Diocese of Jining
Zinimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jining, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Zinimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001743
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,240
- Population
- 800,000
- Catholic share
- 4.5%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 566
- Extent
- 40,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Bishop
- Anthony Yao Shun
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
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.
The province of Suiyuan
A suffragan of Suiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HohhotHohhot
- Diocese of YinchuanYinchuan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].