Diocese of Qingdao Dioecesis Zimtaovensis Bistum Tsingtao 天主教青岛教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Ecclesiastical province | Jinan |
Statistics | |
Area | 17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Thomas Chen Tianhao |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Zhang Xianwang |
The Diocese of Qingdao/Tsingtao (Latin: Zimtaoven(sis), German: Bistum Tsingtao, simplified Chinese: 青岛; traditional Chinese: 青島; pinyin: Qīngdǎo) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael in the city of Qingdao, in Shandong.