Diocese of Suzhou
Suceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Suzhou, China
Latin-rite diocese in Jiangsu province, China, erected on June 9, 1949 from territory of the Diocese of Shanghai. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanjing, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Yangjiaqiao Church) in Suzhou, and Bishop Joseph Xu Honggen leads the diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 1949
- Latin
- Suceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003134
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,000
- Extent
- 8,488 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.9
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
- Joseph Xu Honggen
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 of Seven Sorrows, Suzhou stands in Suzhou, 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 Nanjing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nanjing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NanjingNanjing
- Diocese of HaimenHaimen
- Diocese of ShanghaiShanghai
- Diocese of XuzhouXuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Under the Ecclesiastical Province of Nanjing, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou (Latin: Dioecesis Suceuvensis; Chinese: 天主教苏州教区) is seated at Suzhou in Jiangsu, China, and its territory takes in the entire city of Suzhou.
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].