Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia

Diocese of Ningxia

Dioecesis Nimsciianus

天主教宁夏教区
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceSuiyuan
MetropolitanSuiyuan
Statistics
Area200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1950)
1,000,000
35,313 (3.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Yinchuan
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph Li Jing
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul Meng Qinglu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningxia/Yinchuan (Latin: Nimsciian(us), simplified Chinese: 宁夏/银川; traditional Chinese: 寧夏/銀川; pinyin: Níngxià/Yínchuān) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Suiyuan, in north(west)ern China, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

No statistics available. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in the city of Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region.