Diocese of Shantou
Scianteuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shantou, China
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Guangdong province, China, erected in 1914 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou (renamed Shantou in 1915) and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Shantou. Bishop Joseph Huang Bingzhang was reconciled and recognized by the Holy See under the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Scianteuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003038
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Population
- 17,500,000
- Catholic share
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 2,542
- Extent
- 20,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.5
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Huang Bingzhang
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
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Shantou stands in Shantou, 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 Guangzhou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Guangzhou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuangzhouGuangzhou
- Diocese of BeihaiBeihai
- Diocese of JiangmenJiangmen
- Diocese of MeixianMeixian
- Diocese of ShaoguanShaoguan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Shantou, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou/Swatow, known in Latin as Scianteuven(sis) and in Chinese as 汕頭.
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].