Xining Apostolic Prefecture
| Xining Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Apostolic Prefect | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 728,198 km² |
| Parishes | 57 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,000,000 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 4,144 ( 12/31/1950 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Religious priest | 11 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 377 |
| Friars | 4 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 20 (December 31, 1950 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Standard Chinese |
The Apostolic Prefecture Xining ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Siningensis ) is in the People's Republic of China Located Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture based in Xining .
history
The Xining Apostolic Prefecture was founded on February 4, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiae universae from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Lanzhou .
Apostolic Prefect of Xining
- Hieronymus Haberstroh SVD , 1937–1969
- Sedis vacancy , since 1969
See also
Web links
- Entry on Xining Apostolic Prefecture on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 16, 2011.