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Diocese of Hong Kong Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis 香港教區 | |
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Location | |
Territory | Hong Kong |
Ecclesiastical province | Guangzhou, China (de jure) Exempt (de facto) |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) (de facto) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 7,374,900 (de facto) 581,000 (7.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Stephen Chow Sau-yan |
Auxiliary Bishops | Joseph Ha Chi-shing |
Vicar General | Peter Choy Wai-man Paul Kam Po-wai Joseph Chan Wing-chiu |
Bishops emeritus |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 天主教香港教區 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 天主教香港教区 | ||||||||||||||
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Latin name | |||||||||||||||
Latin | Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong (Chinese: 天主教香港教區; Latin: Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese takes its name from the see city, the metropolitan area where the bishop resides.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong is a de jure suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton).[1] However, in practice it is an immediate subject of the Holy See.[citation needed] Also in theory, not only Hong Kong, but also a small part of Guangdong province belongs[until when?] to the diocese. In practice, however, the diocese only comprises[when?] the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
There were about 395,000 local Catholics as of August 2022, and 169,000 Filipino Catholics in Hong Kong.[2] They are served by 279 priests, 36 deacons, 62 brothers and 419 sisters.[2] There are 52 parishes, comprising 39 churches, 28 chapels and 24 halls for religious purposes including the celebration of the liturgy. As for education, in 2022 there are 249 Catholic schools and kindergartens, having a total of over 136,000 pupils.