Apostolic prefecture Xinjiang, China
Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang
Kiangchoven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite jurisdiction at Xinjiang in southern Shanxi province, China (the historic Kiangchow/Jiangzhou, in the Yuncheng area), established by Pope Pius XI on May 25, 1936. Its principal church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Xinjiang; the see has been vacant since 2022, after the tenure of Bishop Peter Wu Junwei (2009-2022).
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- Established
- 1936
- Territory
- 17,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Xinjiang stands in Xinjiang, 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
Xinjiang (simplified Chinese: 新绛教区; traditional Chinese: 新绛教區) is a Roman Catholic apostolic prefecture, a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction, seated in the city of Yuncheng in Shanxi, China.