Diocese of Shuoxian
Scioceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shuoxian, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Scioceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003050
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,000
- Population
- 1,300,000
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 393
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Paul Ma Cunguo
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 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.
The province of Taiyuan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Taiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaiyuanTaiyuan
- Diocese of ChangzhiChangzhi
- Diocese of DatongDatong
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of LüliangLüliang
- Diocese of YuciYuci
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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).
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].