Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Fengxiang | |
Local: | 天主教凤翔教区 |
Latin: | Dioecesis Fomsiamensis |
Country: | China |
Province: | Xi’an |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St Joseph in Fengxiang |
Area Km2: | 12,000 |
Population: | 1,000,000 |
Population As Of: | 1950 |
Catholics: | 8,504 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.9 |
Bishop: | Peter Li Hui-yuan |
Metro Archbishop: | Anthony Dang Mingyan |
The Diocese of Fengxiang (la|Fomsiamen(sis),) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese if the Catholic Church located in Fengxiang (Shaanxi), China. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xi’an.
It is believed that this diocese, headed by Bishop Luke Li Jingfeng until his death late in 2017, is the only one in China where neither the laity nor the bishop belong to the government-sponsored Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. Since 2017, the bishop has been Peter Li Huiyuan.[1]