Metropolitan see Lanzhou, China
Archdiocese of Lanzhou
Lanceuven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 17,465
- Territory
- 250,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Joseph Han Zhihai
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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.
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.