Diocese of Shinan

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in China}}{{Multiple issues| {{One source|date=February 2026}}{{Notability|date=March 2026}} }} {{Infobox diocese |jurisdiction = Diocese |name = Shinan |local = 天主教施南教区 |latin = Dioecesis Scenanensis |country = China |metropolitan = Hankou |province = Hankou |rite = Latin Rite |cathedral = |cocathedral = |area_km2 = |population = |population_as_of = |catholics = |catholics_percent= |pope = {{Incumbent pope}} |bishop = Sede Vacante |metro_archbishop = Sede Vacante |coadjutor = |auxiliary_bishops= }} The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Shinan/Shíhnan/Enshi''' ({{langx|la|Scenanen(sis)}}, {{zh|施南, 恩施}}) is a (dormant?) suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its episcopal see is the city of Shinan (presently known as Enshi). No statistics available. Vacant since its sole incumbent's death in 1942, without apostolic administrator since 1950.

== History == * Established on June 14, 1938 as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Shinan''' 施南 / Shihnan / de Shinan (Latin), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang 宜昌 * Promoted on April 11, 1946 as '''Diocese of Shinan''' 施南 / Enshi 恩施 (中文) / Shíhnan / Scenanen(sis) (Latin). <ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/shih0.htm GCatholic.org</ref>

==Episcopal ordinaries== (all Roman rite) <ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/shih0.htm GCatholic.org</ref>

;''Apostolic Vicar of Shinan 施南'' * Father John Baptist Hu Ruo-han (胡若翰) (Chinese) (February 13, 1940 – death 1942), Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius (1940.02.13 – 1942)

;''Suffragan Bishops of Shinan 施南'' *''Apostolic Administrator Noël Gubbels, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Belgium) (顧學德) (April 11, 1946 – November 18, 1950), while first Bishop of mother see Yichang 宜昌 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.11.18)'' * ''indefinite vacancy''

== See also ==

* List of Catholic dioceses in China

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dshih.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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