Archdiocese of Kaifeng
Chaefomen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kaifeng, China
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng is a Latin metropolitan see located in Kaifeng, Henan province, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kaifeng. The see is vacant; in 1950 it counted about 18,487 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Chaefomen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001779
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 18,487
- Population
- 4,500,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Extent
- 4,500,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kaifeng stands in Kaifeng, 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 Kaifeng
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JixianJixian
- Diocese of LuoyangLuoyang
- Diocese of NanyangNanyang
- Diocese of ShangqiuShangqiu
- Diocese of XinyangXinyang
- Diocese of ZhengzhouZhengzhou
- Diocese of ZhumadianZhumadian
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Henan province, China, the city of Kaifeng gives its name to a Roman Catholic archdiocese, written Chaefomen(sis) in Latin, 开封 in simplified Chinese, 開封 in traditional Chinese, and Kāifēng in pinyin.
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].