Diocese of Xuzhou
Siüceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xuzhou, China
Latin Church diocese seated at Xuzhou in Jiangsu, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nanjing. Established on July 1, 1931 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Xuzhou from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1935 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Xuzhou; Wikipedia records the see as vacant.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Siüceuven(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculado Corazón de María
- Annuario code
- 001000187
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 93,500
- Population
- 4,500,000
- Catholic share
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 1,908
- Extent
- 20,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.7
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 Wang Renlei
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 Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Xuzhou, 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 Nanjing
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nanjing.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NanjingNanjing
- Diocese of HaimenHaimen
- Diocese of ShanghaiShanghai
- Diocese of SuzhouSuzhou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu, part of the ecclesiastical province of Nanjing, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuzhou, also rendered Süchow (Latin: Siuceuven(sis), Chinese: 徐州).
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].