Diocese of Nanyang
Naniamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nanyang, China
The Diocese of Nanyang is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in China with its episcopal see at Nanyang, Henan, a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng. It was erected as a diocese in 1946. Its cathedral is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Nanyang; Bishop Peter Jin Lugang heads the see, and in 1950 it counted about 22,807 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Naniamen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002352
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 22,807
- Population
- 4,025,000
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Extent
- 12,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Bishop
- Peter Jin Lugang
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
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Nanyang stands in Nanyang, 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 Kaifeng
A suffragan of Kaifeng.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KaifengKaifeng
- Diocese of JixianJixian
- Diocese of LuoyangLuoyang
- Diocese of ShangqiuShangqiu
- Diocese of XinyangXinyang
- Diocese of ZhengzhouZhengzhou
- Diocese of ZhumadianZhumadian
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in China, the Diocese of Nanyang (Latin: Naniamen(sis); Chinese: 南陽) has its episcopal see at Nanyang in Henan. It serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaifeng.
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].