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Suffragan diocese Wanxian, China

Diocese of Wanxian

Uanscienen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Wanxian, China, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1929
Catholics
60,000
Priests
46
Territory
20,000 km²

Parishes and churches

14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Paul He Zeqing

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Wanzhou stands in Wanxian, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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).