Suffragan diocese Nanchong, China
Diocese of Nanchong
Scioenchimen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Shunqing (Shunking), also known as the Diocese of Nanchong, is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China. Established on 2 August 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking and elevated to a diocese in 1946, its see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Nanchong, Sichuan. Bishop Joseph Chen Gong'ao heads the see; in 1950 it counted about 19,442 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1929
- Catholics
- 19,442
- Priests
- 26
- Territory
- 25,000 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 南充教区耶稣圣心主教座堂南充市 · CathedralView parish
- 圣母堂广安市View parish
- 大竹县柏林镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 大竹县竹阳镇耶稣君王堂达州市View parish
- 安岳县天主堂资阳市View parish
- 宣汉县天主堂达州市View parish
- 宣汉县明月乡天主堂达州市View parish
- 宣汉县黄金镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 射洪市圣若瑟堂遂宁市View parish
- 巴中市天主堂巴中市View parish
- 开江县任市镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 渠县临巴镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 渠县天主堂达州市View parish
- 渠县有庆镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 达州市天主堂达州市View parish
- 通川区江陵镇天主堂达州市View parish
- 通江县天主堂巴中市View parish
- 遂宁市圣母堂遂宁市View parish
- 邻水天主堂广安市View parish
- 阆中市天主堂南充市View parish
- 顺庆区西山本笃院南充市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Chen Gong'ao
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Nanchong stands in Nanchong, 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
Also called the Diocese of Nanchong, the Diocese of Shunqing (formerly spelled Shunking; Latin: Dioecesis Scioenchimensis; Chinese: 天主教順慶教區) is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China, though it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It began on August 2, 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan). Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong, Sichuan province. No statistics are available.