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.
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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.
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.