Diocese of Tianshui
Zinceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tianshui, China
Latin-rite diocese (historically Qinzhou) in Gansu province, China, erected in 1905 as an apostolic vicariate from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kansu and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lanzhou, its seat is the Dongguan Cathedral in Tianshui; Bishop John Wang Ruowang has led the diocese since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Zinceuven(sis)
- Patron
- St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Annuario code
- 001003222
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 8,548
- Population
- 2,500,000
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 305
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- John Wang Ruowang
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
Dongguan Cathedral, Tianshui stands in Tianshui, 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 Lanzhou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lanzhou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LanzhouLanzhou
- Diocese of PingliangPingliang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established as an apostolic vicariate on April 28, 1905, the Diocese of Qinzhou (Latin: Dioecesis Zinceuvensis; Chinese: 天主教秦州教區; formerly spelled Tsinchow) is a Latin Catholic diocese seated in Qinzhou, Tianshui, in Gansu (formerly Kansu), western China, within the ecclesiastical province of Lanzhou. The government controlled Catholic Patriotic Association refers to it as the Diocese of Tianshui. Its neighbors are the Diocese of Fengxiang and the Diocese of Hanzhong to the east, the Archdiocese of Lanzhou to the northwest, the Diocese of Pingliang to the northeast, the Diocese of Kangding to the southwest, and the Diocese of Chengdu to the southeast.
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].