Iduhsien Apostolic Prefecture

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Iduhsien Apostolic Prefecture
Basic data
Country People's Republic of China
Apostolic Prefect Sedis vacancy
(last incumbent:
John Yang Feng-Shuuntil 1982)
surface 1,800 km²
Parishes 21 (1948 / AP 2005 )
Residents 2,500,000 (1948 / AP 2005 )
Catholics 12,620 (1948 / AP 2005 )
proportion of 0.5%
Diocesan priest 14 (1948 / AP 2005 )
Religious priest 13 (1948 / AP 2005 )
Catholics per priest 467
Religious sisters 14 (1948 / AP 2005 )
address Catholic Mission
Yiduxian, Shandong, China

The Iduhsien Apostolic Prefecture , located in the independent city of Qingzhou , the former Yidu County ( 益都 縣 ), Shandong Province , China , was founded on June 16, 1931. With a size of only 1,800 km² it counted 12,620 Catholics (0.5% of the population) in 21 parishes with 14 diocesan priests , 13 religious priests and 14 religious sisters in 1948 .

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