Apostolic Prefecture of Xining
Siningen(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Xining, China
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture covering Qinghai province in western China, established on February 4, 1937 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu. It depends directly on the Holy See; Bishop Matthias Gu Zheng has led the prefecture since 1991.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 February 1937
- Latin
- Siningen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000500
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,144
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 377
- Extent
- 728,198 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Matthias Gu Zheng
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
de Beishan Sitaizi stands in Xining, 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
Covering the province of Qinghai in western China, the Apostolic Prefecture of Xining is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction. It is exempt, depending directly on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. No statistics are available. It borders the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang to the northwest, the Archdiocese of Lanzhou to the north and east, and the Diocese of Kangding to the south and southwest. It may be vacant by demise, and if so, without an apostolic administrator.
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].