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  2. List of Catholic dioceses in China - Wikipedia

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    Map of (Roman-rite) Catholic Dioceses in China (PRC) as of February 2024. The Catholic Church in Greater China comprises 152 Latin jurisdictions: 21 ecclesiastical provinces (including one for Taiwan), consisting of 21 metropolitan archdioceses and 101 suffragan dioceses; 28 apostolic prefectures; 1 exempt diocese, the Diocese of Macau

  3. Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, the Diocese of Arlington had 240 priests (186 secular priests; 54 religious priests) and 453,083 Catholics. [a] As of 2020, the total population within the diocese, Catholic and non-Catholic, was 3,329,860. [a] There are 70 parishes across 21 Northern Virginia counties and seven cities in the diocese: [3]

  4. Catholic Church by country - Wikipedia

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    The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population is Vatican City at 100%, followed by East Timor at 97%. According to the Census of the 2023 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of baptized Catholics in the world was about 1.376 billion at the end of 2021. The research initiative ...

  5. Catholic Church in China - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church (Chinese: 天主教; pinyin: Tiānzhǔ jiào; lit. 'Religion of the Lord of Heaven', after the Chinese term for the Christian God) first appeared in China upon the arrival of John of Montecorvino in China proper during the Yuan dynasty; he was the first Catholic missionary in the country, and would become the first bishop of Khanbaliq (1271–1368).

  6. Demographics of China - Wikipedia

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    However, the overall population density of China conceals major regional variations. In 2002, about 94% of the population lived east of the Heihe–Tengchong Line ; although this eastern area comprises only 43% of China's total land area, its population density, at roughly 280/km 2 , is comparable to that of Japan.

  7. Administrative divisions of China - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there are five levels of local government; the provincial (province, autonomous region, municipality, and special ...

  8. Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in China - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Roman Catholic dioceses in China" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. ... Roman Catholic Diocese of Sanyuan;

  9. List of Chinese administrative divisions by population

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    PRC-controlled administrative divisions by population (2013). Average Annual Population Growth Rate in each Chinese province (exc. Taiwan), municipality, and autonomous region between 2010 and 2020 according to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics. This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations.