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Suffragan diocese Linyi, China

Diocese of Linyi

Iceuven(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral in Linyi, in Linyi, China.

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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.

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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.

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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).