Archdiocese of Lanzhou
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Catholic church with an Ecclesiastical province, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart located in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province. No statistics available.
Ecclesiastical province
The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are :History
- Established on 21 June 1878 as Apostolic Vicariate of Kan-su, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Central Shensi
- Renamed on 28 April 1905 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kansu, having lost territory to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu
- March 8, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Kansu, having gained territory from its above daughter Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu
- 3 December 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu
- Lost territories again : on 1930.02.14 to establish the Mission sui juris of Xinjiang and on 1937.02.04 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Xining
- Promoted on 11 April 1946 as '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lanzhou'''
Episcopal ordinaries
;Apostolic Vicar of Kan-su- Ferdinand Hubertus Hamer, Scheutists, Titular Bishop of Tremithus, next Apostolic Vicar of Southwestern Mongolia
- Hubertus Otto, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Assuras
- Godfried Frederix, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Thagaste, next Apostolic Vicar of Ningxia, died 1938
- Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Issus
- Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D.
- Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D.
- Philip Yang Libo -clandestine consecration 1981
- Joseph Han Zhihai.