Diocese of Zhouzhi
Ceuceven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zhouzhi, China
Latin Church diocese seated in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi, China, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Xi'an. Erected on June 17, 1932 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Zhouzhi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Xi'anfu and elevated to diocese on May 10, 1951. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Zhouzhi County; Bishop Joseph Wu Qinjing has served since 2005.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 May 1951
- Latin
- Ceuceven(sis)
- Patron
- Beata Vergine Maria Regina
- Annuario code
- 001000243
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 23,397
- Population
- 920,000
- Catholic share
- 2.5%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 975
- Extent
- 920,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Wu Qinjing
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Zhouzhi, 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 Xi'an
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Xi'an.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Xi'anXi'an
- Diocese of FengxiangFengxiang
- Diocese of HanzhongHanzhong
- Diocese of SanyuanSanyuan
- Diocese of Yan'anYan'an
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Zhouzhi in Shaanxi, within China's ecclesiastical province of Xi’an, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhouzhi, also rendered Chowchich (Latin: Ceuceven(sis); Chinese: 盩厔).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Mission, Bishop’s House, Zhouzhi, Shaanxi, China
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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 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
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].