Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai

Diocese of Shanghai Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis 天主教上海教区
St. Ignatius Cathedral
Location
Country	China
Ecclesiastical province	Nanjing
Metropolitan	Nanjing
Coordinates	31°11′35″N 121°25′54″E / 31.1930°N 121.4317°E / 31.1930; 121.4317
Statistics
Area	10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population - Total	Statistics Missing [1]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	St. Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai
Patron saint	Our Mother of Sheshan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Shen Bin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francis Lu Xin-ping
Website
www.catholicsh.org

The Diocese of Shanghai (Latin: Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis; Chinese: 天主教上海教区) is a diocese of the Catholic Latin Church in the municipality of Shanghai, China. It was erected on December 13, 1933 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanghai by Pope Pius XI and was later elevated to the rank of a diocese on April 11, 1946, by Pope Pius XII. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Nanking.