Suizhou

Suizhou, formerly Sui County, is a prefecture-level metropolis in northern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan province to the north and east. Suizhou has a long history. During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, it turned into the territory of the State of Sui/Zeng and inside the cultural sphere of the State of Chu. As a prefecture-level town Suizhou has a brief records with its modern-day fame most effective granted by way of the State Council in June 2000.

The Catholic minority is pastorally served by using its very own pre-diocesan Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian that is exempt, i.e. Without delay dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, not a part of any ecclesiastical province. It became set up on 1937.06.17 as Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian Suihsienen, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hankou. It is vacant when you consider that 1951, with out apostolic administrator considering 1981.