Suffragan diocese Jinzhou, China
Diocese of Jinzhou
Geholen(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jehol, also known as Rehe or Jinzhou, is a Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Shenyang, China, covering part of the former Rehe Province, now mainly the Liaoning portion with a small part of Hebei. Erected as a diocese in 1946, it lost the city of Chengde in 2018 when the Diocese of Chengde was created. The see is vacant; in 1950 it counted about 31,845 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 31,845
- Priests
- 76
- Territory
- 5,235,341 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of Divine Mercy 朝阳松树嘴子村耶稣慈悲堂Chaoyang 朝阳 · CathedralView parish
- Church of St. Joseph 喀左大西山圣若瑟堂Daxishan 大西山View parish
- Church of the Immaculate Conception 喀左山湾子圣母无原罪堂Shanwanzi 山湾子View parish
- Church of the Immaculate Conception 阜新民主圣母无原罪堂Fuxin 阜新View 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
Cathedral of Divine Mercy stands in Jinzhou, 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
Known in Latin as dioecesis Geholensis and in Chinese also as Rehe or Jinzhou, the Diocese of Jehol belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Shenyang in China and covers part of the former Rehe Province. Jehol and Rehe both derive from the former Chinese name of the city of Chengde, while Jinzhou recalls the State of Jin that once occupied part of the territory. In 2018 the diocese was significantly reduced when the entire city of Chengde was detached to create the Diocese of Chengde, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. What remains today is the Liaoning portion together with a very small part of Hebei.