Suffragan diocese Laohekou, China
Diocese of Laohekou
Laohocheuven(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou (Laohokow) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Hankou in central China, with its episcopal see in Laohekou, Hubei. It was erected as a diocese in 1946. The see has been vacant since 1966 without an apostolic administrator; in 1950 it counted about 20,445 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 20,445
- Priests
- 27
- Territory
- 30,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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
Catedral de San José stands in Laohekou, 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
In central China, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laohekou/Laohokow (Latin: Laohocheuven(sis); Chinese: 老河口) is a Latin suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou, though it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The episcopal see lies in the city of Laohekou in Hubei. No statistics are available, and the see has been vacant (perhaps dormant) since 1966, with no Apostolic administrator appointed.