Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

is a minority in

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

province of China. Zhejiang has one of the largest Protestant populations of China."RRT Research Response Number:CHN32722 China"
Refugee Review Tribunal Australia. 17 December 2007.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hangzhou The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception () is a Roman Catholic cathedral, located at 415 Zhongshan Road North (中山北路415号) not far from Wulin Square (武林广场) in downtown Hangzhou, China. Since it is the only Catholic ch ...

is in

. Zhejiang has greater

religious freedom Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the freedom ...

of Christianity than other parts of the country. There were more than 600 detentions of Christians in the province in 2006.

The Shouters The Shouters, or more properly the Shouters sect (呼喊派), is a label attached by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to an amorphous group within China that was targeted by the government first as counterrevolutionaries and subsequently as a cr ...

are active in the province. Christianity in Wenzhou is a disproportionately large population.

Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Zhejiang

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou/Hangchow ( la, Hamceuven(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hangzhou (Zhejiang) in China. The Archdiocese has not had a bishop with a papal mandate from 1956 until 2008. Matthew Cao Xiangd ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lishui The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lishui ( la, Liscioëiven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Lishui in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. History * July 2, 1931: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Chuzhou from the Apost ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian ( la, Nimpuovensis, ) is a diocese located in the city of Ningbo (Zhejiang) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou/Linhai ( la, Taeceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. History * August 10, 1926: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tai ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia/Yungkia/Wenzhou ( la, Iomchiaven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Yongjia in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romaniz ...

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Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Zhejiang

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