Diocese of Bengbu Dioecesis Pampuvensis 蚌埠教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | China |
Ecclesiastical province | Anqing |
Metropolitan | Anqing |
Statistics | |
Area | 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1950) 9,000,000 64,334 (0.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 21 February 1929 (As Vicariate Apostolic of Pengpu) 11 April 1946 (As Diocese of Bengbu) |
Cathedral | Bengbu Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede Vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bengbu ( Latin: Pampuven(sis), Chinese: 蚌埠) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Anqing in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its episcopal see is a cathedral in the city of Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui province. It is vacant, without apostolic administrator since 2005.
No recent statistics available.
(all Roman rite)