Suffragan diocese Shuoxian, China
Diocese of Shuoxian
Scioceuven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northern Shanxi province, China, erected in 1926 as an apostolic prefecture from the Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Shuozhou. Bishop Paul Ma Cunguo has led the diocese since 2007.
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- Established
- 1926
- Catholics
- 11,000
- Priests
- 28
- Territory
- 25,000 km²
Parishes and churches
5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 朔州教区主教座堂朔州市 · CathedralView parish
- 山阴县天主堂朔州市View parish
- 平鲁区天主堂朔州市View parish
- 怀仁市天主堂朔州市View parish
- 朔州市西郡天主堂朔州市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paul Ma Cunguo
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou stands in Shuoxian, 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
Shuozhou, a city in Shanxi within the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou/Shuoxian (Latin: Scioceuven(sis); Chinese: 朔州, 朔縣).