Apostolic Prefecture of Tunxi
Tunkien(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Tunxi, China
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture in southern Anhui province, China, erected on February 22, 1937 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu. It is a dormant, exempt jurisdiction dependent on the Holy See, vacant without an apostolic administrator since the death of its last prefect in 1954.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 February 1937
- Latin
- Tunkien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000495
The see in figures
- Extent
- 191 km²
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Yanghu stands in Tunxi, 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
Tunxi District (Chinese: 屯溪区; pinyin: Túnxī Qū) serves as the central district and administrative seat of Huangshan City in Anhui Province, eastern China. Covering 249 square kilometres (96 sq mi), it recorded a population of 217,637 in 2010, and its jurisdiction takes in four subdistricts and five towns. Visitors know it best for the Old Town, and it lies near two World Heritage Sites, the Huangshan Mountain Range and Hongcun Village.
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].