Archdiocese of Lanzhou
Lanceuven(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lanzhou, China
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou is a Latin metropolitan see in Lanzhou, Gansu province, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946 and dependent on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Lanzhou. In 1950 it counted about 17,465 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Lanceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001950
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,465
- Population
- 4,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Extent
- 250,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Han Zhihai
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lanzhou stands in Lanzhou, 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 Lanzhou
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PingliangPingliang
- Diocese of TianshuiTianshui
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese with its own ecclesiastical province, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou (Latin: Lanceuven(sis); simplified Chinese: 兰州 / 皋兰; traditional Chinese: 蘭州 /皋蘭; pinyin: Lánzhōu / Gāolán) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province. No statistics are available.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Archbishop’s House, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].