Suffragan diocese Zhoucun, China
Diocese of Zhoucun
Ceuzüenen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese seated in Zhoucun District of Zibo, Shandong, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jinan. Established on April 16, 1929 as the Mission sui iuris of Zhangdian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tsinanfu, promoted to apostolic prefecture in 1932, to apostolic vicariate in 1937, and to diocese on April 11, 1946. The see is effectively vacant after Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang was transferred to Hangzhou in 2024.
On the map
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- Established
- 1929
- Catholics
- 29,411
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 5,000 km²
Parishes and churches
9 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 东营天主堂东营市View parish
- 周村教区桓台堂区邢家堂口淄博市View parish
- 土峪天主堂淄博市View parish
- 姜楼天主教堂滨州市View parish
- 山东省桓台县田庄镇宗王天主堂淄博市View parish
- 山东省桓台县索镇镇五淄博市View parish
- 张店天主教堂淄博市View parish
- 海星圣母堂滨州市View parish
- 笠山天主堂淄博市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Yang Yongqiang
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The cathedral
Cathedral in Zhoucun, Shandong stands in Zhoucun, 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
Zhoucun (Zibo), in China's ecclesiastical province of Jinan, is home to a Latin Catholic diocese: the Diocese of Zhoucun, also rendered Chowtsun (Latin: Dioecesis Ceuziienensis; Chinese: 教周村教区).