Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Shunqing
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing
Roman Catholic diocese in China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shunqing (formerly spelled Shunking; Latin: Dioecesis Scioenchimensis; Chinese: 天主教順慶教區), also known as Diocese of Nanchong, is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Established on August 2, 1929 as an apostolic vicariate for the Mission of Sichuan (Szechwan), its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong, Sichuan province. No statistics available.