Suffragan diocese Shangqiu, China
Diocese of Shangqiu
Coeiteven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1928
- Catholics
- 9,973
- Priests
- 14
- Territory
- 8,000 km²
Parishes and churches
7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 商丘市夏邑县天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市柘城县天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市民权县天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市永城市天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市睢阳区商丘古城天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市虞城县佟庄天主堂商丘市View parish
- 商丘市虞城县天主堂商丘市View parish
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 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.
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.