Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian
Yihsienen(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Yixian, China
Latin Church apostolic prefecture in Hebei, China, near Beijing and Baoding. Established on May 25, 1929 as the Mission sui iuris of Yixian from the Apostolic Vicariates of Beijing and Baodingfu and promoted to apostolic prefecture on December 9, 1935. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See; the prefecture has been vacant since 2015, when its last prefect, Cosmas Shi Enxiang, died.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 December 1935
- Latin
- Yihsienen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000506
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,375
- Priests
- 6
- Catholics per priest
- 1,063
- Extent
- 7,900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Lianghechuang, Hebei, China
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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 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
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].