Archdiocese of Nanjing
Nanchinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nanjing, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nanchinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002348
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,536
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 692
- Extent
- 6,000,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Archbishop
- Francis Xavier Lu Xinping
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 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.
The province of Nanjing
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HaimenHaimen
- Diocese of ShanghaiShanghai
- Diocese of SuzhouSuzhou
- Diocese of XuzhouXuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the dioceses of the Catholic Church in China stands the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing/Nanking, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Nanchinensis.
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].