Apostolic prefecture Xiangtan, China
Apostolic Prefecture of Xiangtan
Siangtanen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture in Hunan province, China, erected in 1937 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Changsha. It is an exempt pre-diocesan jurisdiction directly dependent on the Holy See, with its principal church the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Xiangtan; the prefecture has been vacant since the death of Fr. Pacifico Calzolari OFM in 1965.
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- Established
- 1937
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Xiangtan stands in Xiangtan, 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.