Metropolitan see Nanjing, China
Archdiocese of Nanjing
Nanchinen(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing (Nanking) is a Latin metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946, with suffragans including Shanghai, Suzhou, Haimen and Xuzhou. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nanjing. In 1949 it counted about 32,536 Catholics.
On the map
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 32,536
- Priests
- 47
- Territory
- 6,000,000 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 南京教区圣母无染原罪主教座堂南京市 · CathedralView parish
- 丹阳花家渡天主堂Town not recordedView parish
- 南京江宁陶吴天主教分堂南京市View parish
- 南京碧瑶感恩圣母堂南京市View parish
- 太湖天主堂无锡市View parish
- 宜兴市天主堂无锡市View parish
- 常州市东青圣伯禄天主堂常州市View parish
- 常州市中华圣母堂常州市View parish
- 常州市金坛区指前天主堂常州市View parish
- 常州戚野堰达尼老堂常州市View parish
- 无锡南京教区修女院无锡市View parish
- 无锡宜兴市新庄圣家天主堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡市三里桥圣若瑟堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡市厚桥天主堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡市玉祁德肋撒堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡市西漳圣母玫瑰天主堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡市鹅湖天主堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡江阴周庄天主堂无锡市View parish
- 无锡江阴市圣若瑟堂无锡市View parish
- 江阴市长山护守天使天主堂无锡市View parish
- 江阴市陆桥七苦圣母天主堂无锡市View parish
- 江阴青阳露德圣母堂无锡市View parish
- 溧阳市上黄玫瑰圣母堂常州市View parish
- 镇江丹阳天主堂宿迁市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francis Xavier Lu Xinping
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Nanjing stands in Nanjing, 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
Among the dioceses of the Catholic Church in China stands the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing/Nanking, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Nanchinensis.