Diocese of Yuci
Iüzean(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yuci, China
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Iüzean(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000218
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,410
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 734
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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.
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.
The province of Taiyuan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Taiyuan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaiyuanTaiyuan
- Diocese of ChangzhiChangzhi
- Diocese of DatongDatong
- Diocese of HongdongHongdong
- Diocese of LüliangLüliang
- Diocese of ShuoxianShuoxian
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Yuci (Latin: Iüzean(us), Chinese: 榆次) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Yuci, Shanxi, within the ecclesiastical province of Taiyuan, 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].