Apostolic Prefecture of Tongzhou
Tungchoven(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Tongzhou, China
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture in Shaanxi province, China (the historic Tungchow, in the Weinan area), established in 1931 as a mission sui iuris split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sianfu and elevated to apostolic prefecture on April 8, 1935. It is a pre-diocesan jurisdiction depending directly on the Holy See; Bishop Joseph Tong Changping, ordained in 2002, is recorded as its current ordinary.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 April 1935
- Latin
- Tungchoven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000494
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Tong Changping
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Dalixian, Shaanxi, China
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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 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
Compiled from the published 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].