Diocese of Wanxian
Uanscienen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wanxian, China
Latin-rite diocese in the Wanzhou district of Chongqing, China, erected in 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Wanhsien from the Apostolic Vicariate of Chongqing and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wanzhou; Bishop Paul He Zeqing has led the diocese since 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Uanscienen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000136
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,000
- Population
- 1,700,000
- Catholic share
- 3.5%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 1,304
- Extent
- 20,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- Paul He Zeqing
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, Wanzhou stands in Wanxian, 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 Chongqing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chongqing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChongqingChongqing
- Diocese of ChengduChengdu
- Diocese of KangdingKangding
- Diocese of LeshanLeshan
- Diocese of NanchongNanchong
- Diocese of XichangXichang
- Diocese of YibinYibin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Wanzhou District (formerly Wanxian) in Chongqing, the Diocese of Wanxian (Latin: Dioecesis Uanscienensis; Chinese: 天主教萬縣教區; formerly spelled Wanhsien), also called the Diocese of Wanzhou, belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in the easternmost part of western China. Its origins date to August 2, 1929, when it was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Wanhsien for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan).
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].