Suffragan diocese Kangding, China
Diocese of Kangding
Camtimen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kangding (Tatsienlu) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China, with its see at Kangding in Sichuanese Tibet. It was established on 27 March 1846 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Lhasa for the Mission of Tibet and elevated to a diocese in 1946. The see has been vacant since 1962; its cathedral is the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kangding, rebuilt in 1997 after the original was demolished in the Cultural Revolution.
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- Established
- 1846
- Catholics
- 5,870
- Priests
- 16
- Territory
- 160,000 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 耶稣圣心主教座堂Kangding 康定 · CathedralView parish
- Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 盐井圣心圣母堂Naxixiang 纳西民族乡View parish
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The bishop
- Bishop
- John Baptist Wang Ruohan
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kangding stands in Kangding, 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
Founded on March 27, 1846 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Lhasa for the Mission of Tibet, the Diocese of Kangding (formerly spelled Kangting; Latin: Dioecesis Camtimensis; Chinese: 天主教康定教區) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Chongqing in western China, still dependent on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the city of Kangding in Sichuanese Tibet, called Dartsedo or Tatsienlu by the Tibetans. The see has stood vacant since 1962.