Oratory of St. Andrew's Priory, established by Benedictine monks upon the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking in 1929.
Location
Country
China
Ecclesiastical province
Chongqing
Metropolitan
Chongqing
Statistics
Area
25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 1950) 8,000,000 19,442 (0.2%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
August 2, 1929 (as apostolic vicariate)
Cathedral
Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Nanchong
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Joseph Chen Gong-ao
Metropolitan Archbishop
Sede vacante
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing (formerly spelled Shunking; Latin: Dioecesis Scioenchimensis; Chinese: 天主教順慶教區), also known as Diocese of Nanchong, is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Established on August 2, 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong, Sichuan province. No statistics available.
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