Archdiocese of Anqing
| Archdiocese of Anqing | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Latin |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Church Province of Anqing |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Liu Xinhong |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 38,000 km² |
| Parishes | 25th |
| Residents | 7,000,000 ( 1950 ) |
| Catholics | 28,268 ( 1950 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 6th |
| Religious priest | 26th |
| Religious sisters | 46 |
| rite | Roman |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Bengbu , Diocese of Wuhu |
The Chinese Archdiocese of Anqing (also Anking , Latin Archidioecesis Nganchimensis ) was founded as a diocese on February 21, 1929 , before it was an Apostolic Vicariate , and on April 11, 1946 it was raised to an archdiocese . Its suffragans are the dioceses of Bengbu and Wuhu .
It covers an area of 38,000 km² and counted in 1950
28,268 Catholics in 25 parishes . Mainly looked after by Jesuits , at that time there were 6 diocesan and 26 religious priests as well as 46 religious sisters .
His last and so far only bishop , the Spaniard and Jesuit Federico Melendro Gutiérrez SJ, died on October 28, 1978. The current bishop is Joseph Liu Xinhong .