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Suffragan diocese Leshan, China

Diocese of Leshan

Chiatimen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Jiading (Kiating), known as the Diocese of Leshan by the Catholic Patriotic Association, is a Latin Catholic diocese located in Leshan, Sichuan, in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing. Established on 10 July 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yachow and elevated to a diocese in 1946, its cathedral is the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Leshan. Bishop Paul Lei Shiyin, legitimized by the Holy See in 2018, heads the see.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Leshan, in Leshan, China.

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Established
1929
Priests
24
Territory
27,000 km²

Parishes and churches

31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Paul Lei Shiyin

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Leshan stands in Leshan, 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 Catholic diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China, the Diocese of Jiading (formerly spelled Kiating; Latin: Dioecesis Chiatimensis; simplified Chinese: 天主教嘉定教区; traditional Chinese: 天主教嘉定教區) is seated in the city of Leshan, once Jiading Prefecture. The government controlled Catholic Patriotic Association calls it the Diocese of Leshan (天主教乐山教区; 天主教樂山教區). It began on July 10, 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yachow for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), with its episcopal see first placed at Yachow, present-day Ya'an.