Diocese of Ningbo
Nimpuoven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ningbo, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo is located in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hangzhou erected as a diocese in 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ningbo, rebuilt 1995-2000, the Sacred Heart Cathedral having been destroyed by fire in 2014. Bishop Francis Xavier Jin Yangke heads the see; in 1950 it counted about 17,497 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nimpuoven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002395
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,497
- Population
- 6,055,267
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 324
- Extent
- 20,059 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Francis Xavier Jin Yangke
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 the Assumption, Ningbo stands in Ningbo, 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 Hangzhou
A suffragan of Hangzhou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HangzhouHangzhou
- Diocese of LinhaiLinhai
- Diocese of LishuiLishui
- Diocese of Yongjia, WenzhouYongjia, Wenzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang, within the ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian (Latin: Nimpuovensis; Chinese: 寧波, 寧縣) possesses two cathedral churches, though only one holds the bishop's seat. The official cathedral is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, having formerly borne the dedication to Our Lady of Sorrow. The second, a former cathedral, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and was rebuilt between 1995 and 2000. Fire destroyed the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on July 28, 2014.
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].