Diocese of Xichang
Nimiüenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xichang, China
Latin-rite diocese (historically Ningyuan) in western Sichuan province, China, erected in 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan and elevated to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, its seat is the Cathedral of the Angels in Xichang; Bishop John Lei Jiapei has led the diocese since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Nimiüenen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000181
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,143
- Population
- 2,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 318
- Extent
- 120,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Lei Jiapei
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Angels, Xichang stands in Xichang, 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.
The province of Chongqing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chongqing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChongqingChongqing
- Diocese of ChengduChengdu
- Diocese of KangdingKangding
- Diocese of LeshanLeshan
- Diocese of NanchongNanchong
- Diocese of WanxianWanxian
- Diocese of YibinYibin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Xichang, once known as Ningyuan or Kienchang, is the seat of the Diocese of Ningyuan (Latin: Dioecesis Nimiuenensis; Chinese: 天主教甯遠教區), a Latin Catholic diocese also called the Diocese of Xichang or Sichang, within the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It began on August 12, 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), in that province's Nosuland.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].