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Suffragan diocese Pingliang, China

Diocese of Pingliang

Pimliamen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral in Pingliang, in Pingliang, China.

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Established
1950
Territory
38,416 km²

Parishes and churches

6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Anthony Li Hui

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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.

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.