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Suffragan diocese Weifang, China

Diocese of Weifang

Veifangen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Shandong province, China, erected on April 20, 2023 from the former Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian, one of the first new Chinese dioceses created under the Sino-Vatican agreement. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan, its seat is the Cathedral Church of Christ the King in Qingzhou; Bishop Anthony Sun Wenjun was appointed on January 29, 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Church of Christ the King, Qingzhou, in Weifang, China.

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Established
2023
Catholics
6,000
Priests
10
Territory
16,167 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Anthony Sun Wenjun

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The cathedral

Cathedral Church of Christ the King, Qingzhou stands in Weifang, 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

Weifang is a Latin Catholic diocese in China, a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan. It succeeded the earlier Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian. Since 29 January 2024 its bishop has been Anthony Sun Venjun.