Diocese of Yanzhou
Ienceuven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yanzhou, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Ienceuven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000196
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,000
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,538
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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 Lu Peisen
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
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.
The province of Jinan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jinan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JinanJinan
- Diocese of Caozhou, HezeCaozhou, Heze
- Diocese of LinyiLinyi
- Diocese of QingdaoQingdao
- Diocese of WeifangWeifang
- Diocese of YangguYanggu
- Diocese of YantaiYantai
- Diocese of ZhoucunZhoucun
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].