page_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the Sacred Heart Cathedral at the Shandong University in Jinan, Shandong, China.
context_page_description: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan is an archdiocese located in the city of Jinan in China.
context_section_description: September 3, 1839: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Shantung from the Diocese of Beijing
  December 2, 1885: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung
  December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tsinanfu
  April 11, 1946: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jinan
caption: Sacred Heart Cathedral Jinan (in 2005)
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