Archdiocese of Nanning
Nannimen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nanning, China
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanning is a Latin metropolitan see located in Nanning, Guangxi, China, elevated to an archdiocese in 1946, with Wuzhou as suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of China in Nanning. Bishop Tan Yanquan heads the see; in 1950 it counted about 7,584 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nannimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002349
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,584
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.1%
- 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
- Tan Yanquan
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 Our Lady of China, Nanning stands in Nanning, 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 Nanning
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Wuzhou, CangwuWuzhou, Cangwu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nanning, a city in Guangxi, China, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese whose Latin name is Nannimen(sis) and whose Chinese name is 南寧.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Archbishop’s House, Nanning, Guanxi, China
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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 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
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].