Suffragan diocese Zhouzhi, China
Diocese of Zhouzhi
Ceuceven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1932
- Catholics
- 23,397
- Priests
- 24
- Territory
- 920,000 km²
Parishes and churches
91 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 Wu Qinjing
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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.
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).