Suffragan diocese Xiamen, China
Diocese of Xiamen
Sciiamenen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southern Fujian province, China, erected in 1883 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Amoy and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou, its seat is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Xiamen; the see became vacant in 2025 when Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui was transferred to Fuzhou.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1883
- Catholics
- 16,588
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 30,000 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 厦门玫瑰圣母主教座堂厦门市 · CathedralView parish
- 上杭天主堂龙岩市View parish
- 南安市金淘天主教堂泉州市View parish
- 南方楼天主堂漳州市View parish
- 厦门教区东山县天主堂漳州市View parish
- 厦门教区云霄县天主堂漳州市View parish
- 厦门杏林高浦天主堂厦门市View parish
- 厦门海沧天主堂厦门市View parish
- 惠安城关天主教堂泉州市View parish
- 永定凤城天主堂龙岩市View parish
- 永定湖坑奥沓玫瑰圣母堂龙岩市View parish
- 泉州圣家天主堂泉州市View parish
- 泉州张坂天主堂泉州市View parish
- 泉州洛阳天主堂泉州市View parish
- 泉州涂岭天主堂泉州市View parish
- 漳州下洲天主堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州凤山圣母圣衣堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州南靖进教之佑堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州古城玫瑰圣母/味增德堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州后坂玫瑰圣母堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州四社味增德天主堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州大埔耶稣圣心堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州天宝道明堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州岭东若瑟堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州市龙海区港尾圣母无染原罪堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州庄林玫瑰圣母堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州林下路德圣母堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州洋奎味增德天主堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州海澄堂漳州市View parish
- 漳州石码圣家堂漳州市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King, Xiamen stands in Xiamen, 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
In the city of Xiamen in Fujian, part of the ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiamen, also rendered Amoy or Hsíamen (Latin: Sciiamenen(sis), Chinese: 廈門).