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Prefecture Apostolic of Shashi [Shasi]

Praefectura Apostolica Shasiensis


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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Prefecture Apostolic
  • Erected: 7 July 1936
  • Prefecture
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: China
  • Square Kilometers: 9,560 (3,692 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Mission, Shashi, Hubei, China

Past and Present Ordinaries


Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 July 1936ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang] (Kien-ling Shichow, Kung-An, Sung-Tse, and part of Kiang-lin) Prefecture Apostolic of Shashi [Shasi] (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19508,8692,000,000.4%101727328181814ap2002

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased


Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 21, to Page 23

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