Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan

Diocese of Ningyuan Dioecesis Nimiuenensis 天主教甯遠教區 天主教宁远教区
Cathedral of the Angels, Xichang
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Chongqing
Metropolitan	Chongqing
Statistics
Area	120,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1950) 2,000,000 11,143 (0.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	August 12, 1910 (as apostolic vicariate)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Angels, Xichang
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	John Lei Jiapei
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sede vacante
Map
Ningyuan (Lin-yuen-fou) was part of the Southern Szechwan Mission. Map by Adrien Launay [fr] MEP, 1889.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningyuan (Latin: Dioecesis Nimiuenensis; Chinese: 天主教甯遠教區), also known as Diocese of Xichang or Sichang, is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Xichang (formerly known as Ningyuan or Kienchang) in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in western China. It was established on August 12, 1910 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kienchang for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan) in the province's Nosuland.