Diocese of Shanghai
Sciamhaeven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shanghai, China
Latin-rite diocese covering the municipality of Shanghai, China, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1933 and elevated to diocese in 1946; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanjing. Its seat is St. Ignatius Cathedral in Xujiahui, and the Marian shrine of Sheshan lies within the diocese. Bishop Joseph Shen Bin was installed in 2023 and recognized by the Holy See on July 15, 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Sciamhaeven(sis)
- Patron
- Our Mother of Sheshan
- Annuario code
- 001003036
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 3,191
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Joseph Shen Bin
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
St. Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai stands in Shanghai, 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 Nanjing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nanjing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NanjingNanjing
- Diocese of HaimenHaimen
- Diocese of SuzhouSuzhou
- Diocese of XuzhouXuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Shanghai (Latin: Dioecesis Sciamhævensis; Chinese: 天主教上海教区) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the municipality of Shanghai, China. Its origins lie in the decree Omnia Quæ Catholicæ of Pope Pius XI, which established the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanghai on 25 April 1933. Pope Pius XII elevated the vicariate to a diocese by his Pontifical decree Quotidie Nos on 11 April 1946, and the same Pope later decreed an office for the Apostolic Nunciature through Per Multas Gravesque on 6 July 1946. The diocese today is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanking.
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].