Suffragan diocese Shantou, China
Diocese of Shantou
Scianteuven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1914
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Priests
- 59
- Territory
- 20,000 km²
Parishes and churches
77 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 汕头教区圣若瑟主教座堂汕头市 · CathedralView parish
- 中华圣母堂汕尾市View parish
- 圣方济各沙勿略堂汕尾市View parish
- 圣母无染原罪堂揭阳市View parish
- 坣背天主堂汕尾市View parish
- 埔中央圣则济利亚堂汕尾市View parish
- 天主教汕头教区陆河坪巷耶稣圣心堂汕尾市View parish
- 揭西县上山天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭西县上砂天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭西县下埔天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭西县下砂天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭西县双丰小輋天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市惠来百岭天主教堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市揭东区霖磐镇港尾上围天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市揭西县天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市普宁市池美露德圣母堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市棉湖天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市榕城区塘浦圣若瑟劳工堂揭阳市View parish
- 揭阳市榕城区天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 普宁市大南山什石洋圣堂揭阳市View parish
- 普宁市大埔寮天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 普宁市月屿天主堂揭阳市View parish
- 桂岭鸟围耶稣君王堂揭阳市View parish
- 汕头市南澳县下势山天主堂汕头市View parish
- 汕头市南澳县隆澳圣基多福堂汕头市View parish
- 汕头市天主教圣家堂汕头市View parish
- 汕头市潮南区东浮山天主堂汕头市View parish
- 汕头市潮南区两英镇新厝天主堂汕头市View parish
- 汕头市潮南区古溪天主堂汕头市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Huang Bingzhang
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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.
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.