Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang
Kiangchoven(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Xinjiang, China
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).
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1936
- Latin
- Kiangchoven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000501
The see in figures
- Extent
- 17,000 km²
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. 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.
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].