Suffragan diocese Yanzhou, China
Diocese of Yanzhou
Ienceuven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated at Yanzhou in Shandong, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan. Created on December 2, 1885 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shantung, renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Yanzhoufu in 1924, and promoted to the Diocese of Yanzhou on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Yanzhou; Bishop John Lu Peisen has served since 2011.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1885
- Catholics
- 60,000
- Priests
- 39
- Territory
- 25,000 km²
Parishes and churches
15 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 任城区李堂天主堂济宁市View parish
- 兖州天主堂济宁市View parish
- 嘉祥县方道沟天主堂济宁市View parish
- 天主堂枣庄市View parish
- 山东省济宁市邹城市天主教堂济宁市View parish
- 微山县圣福若瑟堂济宁市View parish
- 微山县微山岛天主堂济宁市View parish
- 戴庄圣心天主教堂济宁市View parish
- 梁山县郑垓天主堂济宁市View parish
- 汶上县南高庄天主堂济宁市View parish
- 泗水县天主堂济宁市View parish
- 济宁市河宴门圣若瑟堂济宁市View parish
- 滕州市天主堂枣庄市View parish
- 金乡县天主堂济宁市View parish
- 金乡县杜楼天主堂济宁市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 Lu Peisen
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit stands in Yanzhou, 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
Yanzhou, also rendered Yenchow (Latin: Ienceuven(sis), Chinese: 兖州), is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Yanzhou in Shandong, within China's ecclesiastical province of Jinan. Its cathedral is now held by the Patriotic Church of China.