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Suffragan diocese Zhaoxian, China

Diocese of Zhaoxian

Ciaoscienen(sis)

Latin Church diocese located in Zhao County, Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Established on March 18, 1929 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaoxian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengdingfu, promoted to apostolic vicariate in 1932 and to diocese on April 11, 1946. Wikipedia records the see as vacant.

On the map

Esri
Zhaoxian, 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
45,000
Priests
39
Territory
900,000 km²

Parishes and churches

20 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

del Buen Pastor stands in Zhaoxian, 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

Zhaoxian (Latin: Ciaoscienen(sis), Chinese: 趙縣) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Zhao County, within China's ecclesiastical province of Beijing.