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Suffragan diocese Zhengding, China

Diocese of Zhengding

Cemtimen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin Church diocese seated at Zhengding in Hebei, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Beijing. Established on April 2, 1856 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Chi-Li from the Diocese of Beijing, renamed Apostolic Vicariate of Zhengdingfu in 1924, and promoted to diocese on April 11, 1946. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Shijiazhuang; the see fell vacant when Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo's tenure ended on October 29, 2025.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Zhengding, China.

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Established
1856
Catholics
52,000
Priests
39
Territory
4,000,000 km²

Parishes and churches

57 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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Zhengding, 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

In the city of Zhengding, within China's ecclesiastical province of Beijing, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhengding, also rendered Chengting (Latin: Cemtimen(sis), Chinese: 正定).