Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu

Diocese of Guide
Dioecesis Coeitevensis
天主教归德教区
Location
Country  China
Ecclesiastical province Kaifeng
Metropolitan Kaifeng
Statistics
Area 8,000 km2 (3,100 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1950)
2,000,000
9,973 (0.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shangqiu
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Gao Hong-xiao

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shangqiu /Guide/ Kweíteh (Latin: Coeiteven(sis), Chinese: 歸德, 商邱) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (South Church), located in the city of Shangqiu 商丘 (formerly Guide/ Kweíteh), in Henan province.

No statistics available. It is vacant, without apostolic administrator, since 2009.

History

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman rite, so far members of a missionary Latin Congregation)

Apostolic Prefect of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
Apostolic Vicar of Guide/ Kweíteh 歸德
Suffragan Bishops of Shangqiu/Guide

See also

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