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Suffragan diocese Suzhou, China

Diocese of Suzhou

Suceuven(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Suzhou, in Suzhou, China.

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Established
1949
Catholics
50,000
Territory
8,488 km²

Parishes and churches

22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Joseph Xu Honggen

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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.

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.