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Suffragan diocese Yan'an, China

Diocese of Yan'an

Iennganen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Yan'an Cathedral, in Yan'an, China.

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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.

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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.

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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.