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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- 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.
- 献县东双坦天主堂沧州市View parish
- 献县东留路圣母堂沧州市View parish
- 献县北八里庄圣依纳爵堂沧州市View parish
- 献县南紫塔西村耶稣圣心堂沧州市View parish
- 献县周庄天主堂沧州市View parish
- 献县大郭庄天主堂沧州市View parish
- 献县小郭庄圣若瑟堂沧州市View parish
- 献县抛军哨天主堂沧州市View parish
- 献县百姓庄天主堂沧州市View parish
- 献县西双坦天主堂沧州市View parish
- 留村天主教堂沧州市View parish
- 穆庄无原罪圣母堂沧州市View parish
- 耶稣圣心堂沧州市View parish
- 耶稣圣心堂廊坊市View parish
- 肖留信慈母堂沧州市View parish
- 范圪垯村大圣若瑟天主堂沧州市View parish
- 西韦庄天主堂沧州市View parish
- 调河头天主教堂廊坊市View parish
- 辛庄耶稣圣心教堂廊坊市View parish
- 郝村镇耶稣圣心堂沧州市View parish
- 郭屯圣维亚纳堂沧州市View parish
- 露德圣母堂沧州市View parish
- 露德庄圣母朝圣地沧州市View parish
- 韩家庄无染原罪圣母堂廊坊市View parish
- 香河县北头百户教堂廊坊市View parish
- 香河县扁城村教堂廊坊市View parish
- 香河县挠子庄教堂廊坊市View parish
- 黄村天主堂沧州市View parish
- 黄铁房圣母领报天主堂沧州市View parish
- 黄骅港教堂沧州市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- 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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.