Suffragan diocese Yan'an, China
Diocese of Yan'an
Iennganen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated at Yan'an in Shaanxi, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Xi'an. Its lineage begins with the Apostolic Vicariate of Shensi, established on October 15, 1696 from the Diocese of Nanjing, and after several renamings it was promoted to the Diocese of Yan'an on April 11, 1946. Bishop John Baptist Yang Xiaoting has led the diocese since 2011.
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- Established
- 1696
- Territory
- 80,000 km²
Parishes and churches
6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Yan'an CathedralTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- 天主教鲁家庄堂区延安市View parish
- 子长圣保禄天主堂延安市View parish
- 延安市宝塔区圣保禄堂延安市View parish
- 延安市宝塔区甘谷驿天主堂延安市View parish
- 延安市富县川口教堂延安市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Baptist Yang Xiaoting
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The cathedral
Yan'an Cathedral stands in Yan'an, 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
Yan'an, also called Fushi (Latin: Iennganen(sis), Chinese: 延安, 膚施), is a Roman Catholic diocese seated in the city of Yan'an in Shaanxi, within China's ecclesiastical province of Xi'an.