Hainan Apostolic Prefecture
| Hainan Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Apostolic Prefect |
Sedis vacancy (last incumbent: Dominic Desperben SSCC until 1980) |
| surface | 35,000 km² |
| Parishes | 9 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
| Residents | 2,500,000 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
| Catholics | 3,419 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 180 |
| Religious sisters | 20 (1950 / AP 2002 ) |
The Hainan Apostolic Prefecture , located in the Hainan Province , People's Republic of China , was founded on April 15, 1929 as Mission sui Juris of Hainan, and on May 25, 1936, it was promoted to Apostolic Prefecture .
Supervised by the Picpus missionaries , the prefecture counted 3,419 Catholics (0.1% of the population) in 9 parishes with 5 diocesan priests , 14 religious priests and 20 religious sisters in 1950 .
It has a size of 35,000 km².