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Suffragan diocese Xingtai, China

Diocese of Xingtai

Scioentean(us)

Latin-rite diocese (historically Shunteh) in southern Hebei province, China, erected in 1933 as an apostolic prefecture carved from the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengding, raised to apostolic vicariate in 1944 and to diocese in 1946. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing, it has been led by Bishop Shi Guangdong since his ordination in 2008.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Joseph, Xingtai, in Xingtai, China.

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Established
1933

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Shi Guangdong

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Joseph, Xingtai stands in Xingtai, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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