Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang

Diocese of Yichang

Dioecesis Iciamensis

天主教宜昌教区
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceHankou
MetropolitanHankou
Statistics
Area28,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2008)
  • 4,039,000
  • 30,000 (0.74%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St. Francis in Yichang
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopSede Vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopSede Vacante

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang/Ichang (Latin: Iciamen(sis), Chinese: 宜昌) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis in the city of Yichang, Hubei province. No statistics available. Vacant since 2012.