Archdiocese of Guiyang Archidioecesis Coeiiamensis 天主教貴陽總教區 天主教贵阳总教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Ecclesiastical province | Guiyang |
Statistics | |
Area | 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 7,000,000 24,713 (0.4%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral, Guiyang |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul Xiao Zejiang |
Map | |
Map of the Kweichow Mission, prepared by Adrien Launay , 1889. |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guiyang (formerly spelled Kweyang; Latin: Archidioecesis Coeiiamensis; simplified Chinese: 天主教贵阳总教区; traditional Chinese: 天主教貴陽總教區) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guiyang, provincial capital of Guizhou (formerly, Kweichow; French: Kouy-tcheou), southwestern China.