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Suffragan diocese Xiamen, China

Diocese of Xiamen

Sciiamenen(sis)

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

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Christ the King, Xiamen, in Xiamen, China.

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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.

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).