Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
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Diocese of Hong Kong Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis 天主教香港教區 | |
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Cathedral of Hong Kong | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Hong Kong |
| Ecclesiastical province | Guangzhou, China (de jure) Exempt (de facto) |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) (de facto) |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Stephen Chow Sau-yan |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Joseph Ha |
| Vicar General | Peter Choy Wai-man Paul Kam Po-wai Joseph Chan Wing-chiu |
| Bishops emeritus | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 天主教香港教區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 天主教香港教区 | ||||||||||||||
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| Latin | Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis | ||||||||||||||
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong (Chinese: 天主教香港教區; Latin: Dioecesis Sciiamchiamensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese takes its name from the see city, the metropolitan area where the bishop resides.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong is a de jure suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton). However, in practice it is an immediate subject of the Holy See. Also in theory, not only Hong Kong, but also a small part of Guangdong province belongs to the diocese. In practice, however, the diocese only comprises the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
There were about 395,000 local Catholics as of August 2022, and 169,000 Filipino Catholics in Hong Kong. Most of the Hong Kong Catholics are Chinese. However, there are various national groups of Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Indian, French and German active Catholics. They are served by 279 priests, 36 deacons, 62 brothers and 419 sisters. There are 52 parishes, comprising 39 churches, 28 chapels and 24 halls for religious purposes including the celebration of the liturgy. As for education, in 2022 there are 249 Catholic schools and kindergartens, having a total of over 136,000 pupils.
The Bishop emeritus of Hong Kong is Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, SDB (Chinese: 陳日君). He is regarded by some to be politically 'controversial' due to his 'anti-Beijing' views and his strong ties with the pro-democracy camp. However, Zen has constantly personally maintained that he is very patriotic to his country, and that he has been upset that he has been denied the right to return to mainland China.
The Bishop of Hong Kong is Stephen Chow, SJ (Chinese: 周守仁), who was appointed by Pope Francis in 2021. He took over from Cardinal John Tong Hon, who served as Apostolic Administrator following the death of Michael Yeung Ming-cheung in 2019.
The cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located on Caine Road, Mid Levels.