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Suffragan diocese Zhangjiakou, China

Diocese of Zhangjiakou

Zhangjiakouen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin Church diocese seated at Zhangjiakou in northwestern Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Pope Leo XIV erected it in 2025 (decision of July 8, announced September 10), simultaneously suppressing the 1946 dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi whose territories it merged. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Zhangjiakou; Joseph Wang Zhengui was consecrated its first bishop on September 10, 2025. The diocese counts roughly 85,000 Catholics.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Holy Family, in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Established
2025
Catholics
85,000
Priests
89
Territory
1,980 km²

Parishes and churches

39 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 Wang Zhengui

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Family stands in Zhangjiakou, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Zhangjiakou is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Hebei province, China, its episcopal see being the city of Zhangjiakou in the province's northwest. Pope Leo XIV created it on 10 September 2025, an act that coincided with the disestablishment of the Diocese of Xuanhua and the Diocese of Xiwanzi and with the consecration of Joseph Wang Zhengui as Zhangjiakou's first bishop. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Beijing.

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