Archdiocese of Taiyuan
Taeiüenen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Taiyuan, China
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Shanxi province, China, erected in 1890 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shansi and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1946. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Taiyuan, with suffragan sees including Datong, Fenyang, Hongdong, Lu'an, Shuozhou and Yuci. Archbishop Paul Meng Ningyou has led the see since 2013 and was publicly active through 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Taeiüenen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003156
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,749
- Population
- 1,500,000
- Catholic share
- 2.7%
- Extent
- 16,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.5
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
- Archbishop
- Paul Meng Ningyou
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 the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan stands in Taiyuan, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChangzhiChangzhi
- Diocese of DatongDatong
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of LüliangLüliang
- Diocese of ShuoxianShuoxian
- Diocese of YuciYuci
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Taiyuan, a city in Shanxi, China, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese whose Latin name is Taeiuenen(sis) and whose Chinese name is 太原.
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].