Diocese of Lüliang
Luliangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lüliang, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lüliang is located in Lüliang, Shanxi, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan. It was erected on 28 October 2024 from the suppressed Diocese of Fenyang, one of the new dioceses created under the Sino-Vatican agreement. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Fenyang, and its first bishop, Anthony Ji Weizhong, was confirmed the same day; the diocese counts about 20,000 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 2024
- Latin
- Luliangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005136
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 20,000
- Population
- 3,346,500
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 392
- Extent
- 21,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Anthony Ji Weizhong
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 Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fenyang stands in Lüliang, 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 Taiyuan
A suffragan of Taiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaiyuanTaiyuan
- Diocese of ChangzhiChangzhi
- Diocese of DatongDatong
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of ShuoxianShuoxian
- Diocese of YuciYuci
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China, the city of Lüliang in Shanxi is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lüliang (simplified Chinese: 吕梁; traditional Chinese: 呂梁).
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].