Archdiocese of Shenyang
Fomtienen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Shenyang, China
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Liaoning province, northeastern China, tracing to the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung erected in 1838 from the Diocese of Beijing and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1946. Its seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang, and its suffragans include Chifeng, Fushun, Jilin, Jehol, Siping, Yanji and Yingkou. Archbishop Paul Pei Junmin has led the see since 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Fomtienen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003041
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,767
- Population
- 5,040,154
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Extent
- 5,040,154 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Archbishop
- Paul Pei Junmin
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shenyang stands in Shenyang, 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 Shenyang
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChifengChifeng
- Diocese of FushunFushun
- Diocese of JilinJilin
- Diocese of JinzhouJinzhou
- Diocese of SipingSiping
- Diocese of YanjiYanji
- Diocese of YingkouYingkou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northeastern PR China, the Archdiocese of Shenyang (Latin: Fomtienen(sis); Chinese: 瀋陽, 奉天) stands as a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese. Its cathedral episcopal see is a Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province.
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].