Diocese of Western China
The Diocese of Western China (Chinese: 聖公會華西教區; Wade–Giles: Shêng Kung Hui Hua Hsi Chiao Chʽü; lit. 'Anglican Diocese of Western China'), also known as Diocese of Szechwan (Chinese: 聖公會四川教區; Wade–Giles: Shêng Kung Hui Ssu Chʽuan Chiao Chʽü; lit. 'Anglican Diocese of Szechwan') or Hua Hsi Diocese (華西教區), was an Anglican diocese in late-Qing-dynasty and Republican China, established in 1895, under the supervision of the Church of England. It had belonged to the Church in China since its outset, and had been part of the Chinese Anglican Church since 1912. In 1936, it was divided into the Diocese of East Szechwan (聖公會東川教區) and Diocese of West Szechwan (聖公會西川教區).
Diocese of Western China Diocese of Szechwan (Diocese of East Szechwan; Diocese of West Szechwan) 聖公會華西教區 聖公會四川教區 (聖公會東川教區; 聖公會西川教區) | |
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The diocesan cathedral, circa 1914 | |
Diocesan seal | |
| Location | |
| Country | Qing and Republican China |
| Territory | Szechwan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Church in China |
| Headquarters | Paoning |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Rite | Anglican Rite |
| Established | 1895 |
| Dissolved | c. 1958 |
| Cathedral | St John's Cathedral, Paoning (Western China & East Szechwan) St John's Cathedral, Chengtu (West Szechwan) |
| Language | English, Szechwanese |
| Parent church | Church of England |
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