Suffragan diocese Luoyang, China
Diocese of Luoyang
Loiamen(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luoyang (Loyang) is located in Luoyang, Henan, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaifeng erected as a diocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Mother of God in Luoyang. The see is vacant, served by Auxiliary Bishop Peter Mao Qingfu; in 1950 it counted about 10,122 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 10,122
- Priests
- 14
- Territory
- 25,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Mother of God, Luoyang stands in Luoyang, 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
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luoyang/Loyang, written Loiamen(sis) in Latin and 洛陽 in Chinese, has its seat in the city of Luoyang and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in China.