Diocese of Linyi
Iceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Linyi, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yizhou (Ichow/Linyi) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Jinan, China, with its episcopal seat in Linyi, Shandong. It was erected as a diocese in 1946. Its bishop is John Fang Xingyao; in 1950 the diocese counted about 20,545 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Iceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002016
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 20,545
- Population
- 3,600,000
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 822
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Fang Xingyao
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral in Linyi stands in Linyi, 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.
The province of Jinan
A suffragan of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of Caozhou, HezeCaozhou, Heze
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of WeifangWeifang
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of YanzhouYanzhou
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Linyi, a city in Shandong, holds the episcopal seat of a Latin suffragan diocese belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan in PR China. The see is known variously as the Diocese of Yizhou, Ichow, or Linyi (Latin: Iceuven(sis); Chinese: 沂州, 臨沂).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].