Apostolic Prefecture of Shaowu
Shaovuen(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Shaowu, China
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture in northwestern Fujian province (Minbei region), China, established in 1938 and entrusted to the Salvatorians; it is immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Peter Wu Yishun has led the prefecture since December 2023, consecrated under the Sino-Vatican agreement.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1938
- Latin
- Shaovuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000490
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,112
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 222
- Extent
- 7,881 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Peter Wu Yishun
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
de Nuestra Señora de Fátima stands in Shaowu, 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
Directly subject to the Holy See, the Apostolic Prefecture of Shaowu has its seat in the city of Shaowu in Fujian. On May 21, 1938, the Apostolic Vicariate of Jian'ou was established and entrusted to the Salvatorians, and by 1950 the jurisdiction numbered around 5112 faithful.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Shaowu, Fujian, China
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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 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
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].