Suffragan diocese Linyi, China
Diocese of Linyi
Iceuven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 20,545
- Priests
- 25
- Territory
- 18,000 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 临沂教区主教座堂临沂市 · CathedralView parish
- 兰山区俄庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 兰山区柳青苑天主堂临沂市View parish
- 兰山区谢家宅天主堂临沂市View parish
- 平邑县天主堂临沂市View parish
- 沂南县北左泉天主堂临沂市View parish
- 沂水县王庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 河东区张黑墩天主堂临沂市View parish
- 河东区李公庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 河东区杨庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 河东区褚庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 盛村天主堂临沂市View parish
- 罗庄区李白庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 罗庄区汤庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 蒙阴县天主堂临沂市View parish
- 费县候家庄天主堂临沂市View parish
- 郯城县南新汪天主堂临沂市View parish
- 郯城县耶稣圣心堂临沂市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Fang Xingyao
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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.
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).