Apostolic Prefecture of Xining

The Apostolic Prefecture of Xining 西寧 is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction in central China.

It is exempt, i.e. depends directly on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

No statistics available. It borders on the 新疆, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou 蘭州, Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu 成都 and Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding 康定.

It may be vacant by demise, if so without Apostolic administrator.

History[]

Established on 4 February 1937 as Apostolic Prefecture of Xining 西寧 (中文) / Sining / Siningen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu 蘭州府.^[1]

Ordinaries[]

(all Roman Rite) ^[1]

Apostolic Prefects of Xining 西寧

• Father Hyeronimus Haberstroh, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (born Germany) (1937.11.12 – death 1969.08.13)
• Matthias Gu Zheng (顧征) (first Chinese incumbent) (?– ...).

See also[]

• List of Catholic dioceses in China

References[]

Sources and external links[]

• GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections