Suffragan diocese Qichun, China
Diocese of Qichun
Chiceuven(sis)
Latin Church
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou (Kichow/Qichun) is located in Qizhou in modern Hubei, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hankou erected as a diocese in 1946. The see is vacant; in 1950 it counted about 15,946 Catholics.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 15,946
- Territory
- 28,000 km²
Parishes and churches
2 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
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Qizhou stands in Qichun, 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
Qizhou, in modern Hubei, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun (Latin: Chiceuven(sis); Chinese: 蘄州, 蘄春), a jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China.