Diocese of Shangqiu
Coeiteven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shangqiu, China
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Henan province, China, erected in 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Guide, raised to apostolic vicariate in 1937 and to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaifeng, its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shangqiu; the see has been vacant since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Coeiteven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003037
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,973
- Population
- 2,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 712
- Extent
- 8,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
of the people living within its bounds
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Shangqiu stands in Shangqiu, 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 Kaifeng
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaifeng.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KaifengKaifeng
- Diocese of JixianJixian
- Diocese of LuoyangLuoyang
- Diocese of NanyangNanyang
- Diocese of XinyangXinyang
- Diocese of ZhengzhouZhengzhou
- Diocese of ZhumadianZhumadian
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in eastern China, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh (Latin: Coeiteven(sis); Chinese: 歸德, 商邱) depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (South Church), stands in the city of Shangqiu 商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh) in Henan province. No statistics are available, and the see has been vacant, without an apostolic administrator, since 2009.
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].