Archdiocese of Guangzhou[clarify] Archidioecesis Cantonensis 天主教广州总教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Guangzhou |
| Coordinates | 23°7′2″N 113°15′17″E / 23.11722°N 113.25472°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 43,332 km2 (16,731 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1949) 4,800,000 [1] 20,346 [1] (0.4%) |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Guangzhou |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Gan Junqiu |
| Map | |
![Map of Kwangtung (or Canton) Mission, prepared by Adrien Launay [fr], 1889.](view_image.php?q=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Guangzhou&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Mission_du_Kouang-tong.jpg) Map of Kwangtung (or Canton) Mission, prepared by Adrien Launay, 1889. | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 天主教廣州總教區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 天主教广州总教区 | ||||||||||||||
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou[clarify] (Canton) (Latin: Archidioecesis Cantonensis, Chinese: 天主教廣州總教區) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guangzhou in China.