Roman Catholic Diocese of Qingdao

Diocese of Qingdao

Dioecesis Zimtaovensis

天主教青岛教区
Location
CountryChina
Ecclesiastical provinceJinan
Statistics
Area17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopThomas Chen Tianhao
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Zhang Xianwang

The Diocese of Qingdao/Tsingtao (Latin: Zimtaoven(sis), simplified Chinese: 青岛; traditional Chinese: 青島; pinyin: Qīngdǎo) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in China. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael in the city of Qingdao, in Shandong.


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