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Suffragan diocese Linhai, China

Diocese of Linhai

Taeceuven(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Linhai, China, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.