Apostolic prefecture Lintong, China
Apostolic Prefecture of Lintong
Lintungen(sis)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Prefecture of Lintong (Lintung/Lindong) is a Latin rite missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in northeast China, immediately subject to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. It was erected on 18 May 1937 from the Vicariate Apostolic of Szepingkai (Siping) and entrusted to the Paris Foreign Missions Society priests of Quebec (P.M.E.). The see is vacant; its last prefect departed in 1956.
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- Established
- 1937
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
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Lindong stands in Lintong, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
A missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in China, the Apostolic Prefecture of Lindong (or Lintung) carries no entitlement to a titular bishop. It is exempt, meaning it answers directly to the Holy See and belongs to no ecclesiastical province.