Diocese of Yongnian Dioecesis Iomnieninus 天主教永年教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Ecclesiastical province | Beijing |
Metropolitan | Beijing |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | 9.43 million 150000 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Stephen Yang Xiangtai |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Li Shan |
Coadjutor | Joseph Sun Ji-gen |
The Diocese of Yongnian/Weixian (Latin: Iomnienin(us), Chinese: 永年, 魏縣) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Yongnian, China. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing.
The diocese is also named Diocese of Handan/Yongnian (Chinese: 邯郸/永年教区).[1]