Suffragan diocese Qingdao, China
Diocese of Qingdao
Zimtaoven(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Qingdao (Tsingtao) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Qingdao, Shandong, China, a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan, erected as a diocese in 1946. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao. Bishop Thomas Chen Tianhao, ordained in 2023 under the Sino-Vatican agreement, heads the see.
On the map
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 23,588
- Priests
- 28
- Territory
- 17,000 km²
Parishes and churches
11 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 青岛教区圣弥额尔主教座堂青岛市 · CathedralView parish
- 即墨区天主堂青岛市View parish
- 城阳区天主堂青岛市View parish
- 市北区四方圣若瑟堂青岛市View parish
- 平度市陈家屯天主堂青岛市View parish
- 平度市马家疃天主堂青岛市View parish
- 李沧区耶稣君王堂青岛市View parish
- 胶州市天主堂青岛市View parish
- 莒县天主堂日照市View parish
- 莒县黄家宅天主堂日照市View parish
- 黄岛区天主堂青岛市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas Chen Tianhao
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The cathedral
St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao stands in Qingdao, 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 Cathedral of St. Michael, in the city of Qingdao in Shandong, is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Qingdao, also written Tsingtao (Latin: Zimtaoven(sis); German: Bistum Tsingtao; simplified Chinese: 青岛; traditional Chinese: 青島; pinyin: Qīngdǎo). A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in China, it is a suffragan in the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan.