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Suffragan diocese Yongnian, China

Diocese of Yongnian

Iomnienin(us)

Latin Church

Latin Church diocese, also known as the Diocese of Handan, seated in Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Established on May 24, 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yongnian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xianxian, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1933 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. Bishop Joseph Sun Jigen was appointed Bishop of Yongnian on October 13, 2021; the diocese is among the fastest growing in mainland China.

On the map

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

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Established
1929
Catholics
150,000
Territory
9 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Joseph Sun Jigen

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The cathedral

del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús stands in Yongnian, 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

Yongnian, also called Weixian (Latin: Iomnienin(us), Chinese: 永年, 魏縣), is a Latin Church diocese seated in the city of Yongnian, China, standing as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing. It also carries the name Diocese of Handan/Yongnian (Chinese: 邯郸/永年教区).