Suffragan diocese Linhai, China
Diocese of Linhai
Taeceuven(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou/Linhai is located in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hangzhou erected as a diocese in 1948. Its cathedral is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Jiaojiang, Taizhou. The see is vacant; in 1950 it counted about 7,734 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1948
- Catholics
- 7,734
- Territory
- 3,135 km²
Parishes and churches
6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart, Jiaojiang DistrictTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- 临海天主堂台州市View parish
- 新河天主堂台州市View parish
- 椒江耶稣圣心堂台州市View parish
- 玉环市坎门天主堂台州市View parish
- 黄岩天主堂台州市View parish
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jiaojiang stands in Linhai, 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
The city of Taizhou in Zhejiang is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou/Linhai (Latin: Taeceuven(sis); Chinese: 台州, 臨海), part of the ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China.