Diocese of Yan'an
Iennganen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yan'an, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Iennganen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000191
The see in figures
- Extent
- 80,000 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
- Bishop
- John Baptist Yang Xiaoting
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
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.
The province of Xi'an
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Xi'an.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Xi'anXi'an
- Diocese of FengxiangFengxiang
- Diocese of HanzhongHanzhong
- Diocese of SanyuanSanyuan
- Diocese of ZhouzhiZhouzhi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].