Diocese of Pingliang
Pimliamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pingliang, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pingliang is located in Pingliang, Gansu, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lanzhou erected as a diocese in 1950. Bishop Anthony Li Hui, ordained in 2021 under the Sino-Vatican agreement, heads the see, with Nicholas Han Jide, OFM Cap, as bishop emeritus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 June 1950
- Latin
- Pimliamen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002604
The see in figures
- Extent
- 38,416 km²
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
- Anthony Li Hui
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 in Pingliang stands in Pingliang, 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 Lanzhou
A suffragan of Lanzhou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LanzhouLanzhou
- Diocese of TianshuiTianshui
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Pingliang in Gansu, within the ecclesiastical province of Lanzhou in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pingliang, rendered Pimliamen(sis) in Latin and 平涼 in Chinese.
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].