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Suffragan diocese Yibin, China

Diocese of Yibin

Siufuan(us)

Latin Church

Latin Church diocese, also known as the Diocese of Suifu, seated at Yibin in Sichuan, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chongqing. Erected on January 24, 1860 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan, renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Suifu in 1924, and promoted to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Yibin; Bishop Peter Luo Xuegang has served since 2012.

On the map

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Yibin, China, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1860
Catholics
35,000
Priests
7

Parishes and churches

18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Peter Luo Xuegang

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The cathedral

Blessed Sacrament Cathedral stands in Yibin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Once known as Suifu, the city of Yibin gives its seat to the Diocese of Suifu (Latin: Dioecesis Siufuana; Chinese: 天主教叙府教區), a Latin Catholic diocese also called the Diocese of Yibin, within the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It was erected on January 24, 1860 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Szechwan for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), the name reflecting its position in the southern part of the mission territory.

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