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Suffragan diocese Xianxian, China

Diocese of Xianxian

Scienscienen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in the Cangzhou region of Hebei province, China, erected in 1856 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Chi-Li from the Diocese of Beijing and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing, its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Xianxian, rebuilt in 2001. Bishop Joseph Li Liangui, appointed in 2000, holds approval from both the Holy See and the Chinese government.

On the map

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

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Established
1856
Catholics
62,000
Priests
119
Territory
8,400 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Joseph Li Liangui

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Xianxian stands in Xianxian, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Xianxian, also rendered Síenhsíen (Latin: Scienscienen(sis), Chinese: 獻縣), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in China. Its episcopal see rests in the village of Zhangzhuang in Xianxian, and it stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing.