Suffragan diocese Siping, China
Diocese of Siping
Sepimchiaeven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese (historically Sipingkai/Szepingkai) in Jilin province, northeastern China, erected in 1929 as an apostolic prefecture from territory of the Apostolic Vicariates of Shenyang and Rehe, and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shenyang, the see has been vacant since the death of Bishop Andrew Han Jingtao on December 30, 2020.
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- Established
- 1929
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jilin stands in Siping, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
A Latin suffragan diocese under the Metropolitan of Shenyang, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sipingjie/Siping/Szepíngkai (Latin: Sepimchiaeven(sis); Chinese: 四平街 / 四平; pinyin: Sìpíngjiē / Sìpíng) keeps its episcopal seat at Sacred Heart Cathedral in the city of Sipingjie (Siping, Jiling or Szepíngkai), in Jilin province.