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Suffragan diocese Yuci, China

Diocese of Yuci

Iüzean(us)

Latin Church diocese seated at Yuci in Shanxi, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan. Established on June 17, 1931 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yuci from the Apostolic Vicariate of Taiyuanfu, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1944 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Joseph; the see has been vacant since the death of Bishop John Baptist Wang Jin in 2014.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Joseph, in Yuci, China.

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Established
1931
Catholics
15,410
Priests
21
Territory
10,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Yuci, 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

Yuci (Latin: Iüzean(us), Chinese: 榆次) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Yuci, Shanxi, within the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan, China.