Suffragan diocese Yanji, China
Diocese of Yanji
Ienchiven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated at Yanji in Jilin, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shenyang. Established on July 19, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yanji from the Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1937 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. The see is vacant; its last apostolic administrator, Timotheus Bitterli, O.S.B., served until 1985.
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- Established
- 1928
Parishes and churches
5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of YanjiTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- 延边朝鲜族自治州延吉市天主堂延边朝鲜族自治州View parish
- 延边朝鲜族自治州敦化市天主堂延边朝鲜族自治州View parish
- 延边朝鲜族自治州汪清县天主堂延边朝鲜族自治州View parish
- 延边朝鲜族自治州珲春市天主堂延边朝鲜族自治州View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral in Yanji stands in Yanji, 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
Yanji, also rendered Yenki (Latin: Ienchiven(sis), Chinese: 延吉), is a Roman Catholic diocese seated in the city of Yanji in Jilin, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Shenyang 瀋陽 in China.