TheApostolic Prefecture of Xining is aLatinCatholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction inwestern China covering the province ofQinghai.
It is exempt, i.e. depends directly on theHoly See and its missionaryRoman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
No statistics available. It borders on theApostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang to the northwest,Archdiocese of Lanzhou to the north and east, andDiocese of Kangding to the south and southwest.
It may be vacant by demise, if so withoutapostolic administrator.
Established on 4 February 1937 asApostolic Prefecture of Xining / Sining / Siningen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the thenApostolic Vicariate of Lanchowfu.[1]
(allRoman Rite)[1]