Hubei

Hubei

Hubei 湖北
		POPULATION						CHRISTIANS					Total
							Evangelicals			Catholics			Christians
		Census	Census			Estimate			TOTAL			TOTAL		% of 2020
Location		2000	2010	Growth		2020	TSPM	House church	Evangelicals	CPA	House church	Catholics	TOTAL	Population

Enshi Prefecture	恩施土家族苗族自治州
Badong County	巴东县	485,338	420,840	-64,498	-13.29%	356,342	2,851	7,127	9,978	713	855	1,568	11,545	3.24%
Enshi City	恩施市	755,725	749,574	-6,151	-0.81%	743,423	8,178 [1]	20,444	28,622	1,487	1,784	3,271	31,893	4.29%
Hefeng County	鹤峰县	220,187	199,892	-20,295	-9.22%	179,597	1,437	3,592	5,029	359	431	790	5,819	3.24%
Jianshi County	建始县	510,555	412,038	-98,517	-19.30%	313,521	2,508	6,270	8,779	627	752	1,379	10,158	3.24%
Laifeng County	来凤县	316,707	242,870	-73,837	-23.31%	169,033	1,352	3,381	4,733	338	406	744	5,477	3.24%
Lichuan City	利川市	786,984	654,094	-132,890	-16.89%	521,204	7,297 [2]	18,242	25,539	1,042	1,251	2,293	27,832	5.34%
Xianfeng County	咸丰县	363,710	300,618	-63,092	-17.35%	237,526	1,900	4,751	6,651	475	570	1,045	7,696	3.24%
Xuan'en County	宣恩县	335,984	310,368	-25,616	-7.62%	284,752	2,278	5,695	7,973	570	683	1,253	9,226	3.24%
		3,775,190	3,290,294	-484,896	-12.84%	2,805,398	27,801	69,502	97,302	5,611	6,733	12,344 [3]	109,646	3.91%

Ezhou Prefecture	鄂州市
Echeng District	鄂城区	603,316	668,727	65,411	10.84%	734,138	13,214	33,036	46,251	734	881	1,615	47,866	6.52%
Huarong District	华容区	246,073	237,333	-8,740	-3.55%	228,593	4,115	10,287	14,401	229	274	503	14,904	6.52%
Liangzihu District	梁子湖区	173,896	142,608	-31,288	-17.99%	111,320	2,004	5,009	7,013	111	134	245	7,258	6.52%
		1,023,285	1,048,668	25,383	2.48%	1,074,051	19,333 [4]	48,332	67,665	1,074	1,289	2,363	70,028	6.52%

Huanggang Prefecture	黄冈市
Hong'an County	红安县	648,400	602,148	-46,252	-7.13%	555,896	10,006	25,015	35,021	6,671	8,005	14,676	49,697	8.94%
Huangmei County	黄梅县	966,416	858,806	-107,610	-11.13%	751,196	13,522	33,804	47,325	9,014	10,817	19,832	67,157	8.94%
Huangzhou District	黄州区	373,568	366,769	-6,799	-1.82%	359,970	6,479	16,199	22,678	4,320	5,184	9,503	32,181	8.94%
Luotian County	罗田县	554,196	544,650	-9,546	-1.72%	535,104	9,632	24,080	33,712	6,421	7,705	14,127	47,838	8.94%
Macheng City	麻城市	1,129,047	849,090	-279,957	-24.80%	569,133	14,797 [5]	36,994	51,791	6,830	8,196	15,025	66,816	11.74%
Qichun County	蕲春县	949,479	727,805	-221,674	-23.35%	506,131	9,110	22,776	31,886	16,196	19,435	35,632 [6]	67,518	13.34%
Tuanfeng County	团风县	375,931	338,609	-37,322	-9.93%	301,287	5,423	13,558	18,981	3,615	4,339	7,954	26,935	8.94%
Wuxue City	武穴市	719,426	644,247	-75,179	-10.45%	569,068	9,105 [7]	22,763	31,868	6,829	8,195	15,023	46,891	8.24%
Xishui County	浠水县	1,008,569	872,649	-135,920	-13.48%	736,729	13,261	33,153	46,414	8,841	10,609	19,450	65,864	8.94%
Yingshan County	英山县	384,015	357,296	-26,719	-6.96%	330,577	5,950	14,876	20,826	3,967	4,760	8,727	29,554	8.94%
		7,109,047	6,162,069	-946,978	-13.32%	5,215,091	97,287 [8]	243,216	340,503	72,704	87,244	159,948	500,451	9.60%

Huangshi Prefecture	黄石市
Daye City	大冶市	873,859	909,724	35,865	4.10%	945,589	43,497 [9]	108,743	152,240	946	1,135	2,080	154,320	16.32%
Huangshigang District	黄石港区	196,569	224,314	27,745	14.11%	252,059	4,537	11,343	15,880	252	302	555	16,434	6.52%
Tieshan District	铁山区	66,469	57,327	-9,142	-13.75%	48,185	867	2,168	3,036	48	58	106	3,142	6.52%
Xialu District	下陆区	146,649	176,614	29,965	20.43%	206,579	3,718	9,296	13,014	207	248	454	13,469	6.52%
Xisaishan District	西塞山区	244,035	233,708	-10,327	-4.23%	223,381	4,021	10,052	14,073	223	268	491	14,564	6.52%
Yangxin County	阳新县	949,886	827,631	-122,255	-12.87%	705,376	12,697	31,742	44,439	705	846	1,552	45,991	6.52%
		2,477,467	2,429,318	-48,149	-1.94%	2,381,169	69,338 [10]	173,344	242,681	2,381	2,857	5,239	247,920	10.41%

Hubei Directly Administered Areas	湖北省省直辖县级行政区划
Qianjiang City	潜江市	992,438	946,277	-46,161	-4.65%	900,116	27,003 [11]	67,509	94,512	900	1,080	1,980	96,492	10.72%
Shennongjialin District	神农架林区	78,242	76,140	-2,102	-2.69%	74,038	592	1,481	2,073	74	89	163	2,236	3.02%
Tianmen City	天门市	1,613,739	1,418,913	-194,826	-12.07%	1,224,087	39,171 [12]	97,927	137,098	1,224	1,469	2,693	139,791	11.42%
Xiantao City	仙桃市	1,474,078	1,175,085	-298,993	-20.28%	876,092	22,778 [13]	56,946	79,724	876	1,051	1,927	81,652	9.32%
		4,158,497	3,616,415	-542,082	-13.04%	3,074,333	89,545	223,862	313,407	3,074	3,689	6,764	320,171	10.41%

Jingmen Prefecture	荆门市
Dongbao District	东宝区	360984	360,984	0	0.00%	360,984	4,693	11,732	16,425	1,083	1,300	2,382	18,807	5.21%
Duodao District	掇刀区	271970	271,970	0	0.00%	271,970	3,536	8,839	12,375	816	979	1,795	14,170	5.21%
Jingshan County	京山县	696,008	636,776	-59,232	-8.51%	577,544	7,508 [14]	18,770	26,278	1,733	2,079	3,812	30,090	5.21%
Shayang County	沙洋县	669,469	581,443	-88,026	-13.15%	493,417	6,414	16,036	22,450	1,480	1,776	3,257	25,707	5.21%
Zhongxiang City	钟祥市	1,021,998	1,022,514	516	0.05%	1,023,030	10,230 [15]	25,576	35,806	3,069	3,683	6,752	42,558	4.16%
		2,970,848	2,873,687	-146,742	-4.94%	2,726,945	32,381 [16]	80,953	113,334	8,181 [17]	9,817	17,998	131,332	4.82%

Jingzhou Prefecture	荆州市
Gong'an County	公安县	1,009,690	881,128	-128,562	-12.73%	752,566	9,031 [18]	22,577	31,608	753	903	1,656	33,263	4.42%
Honghu City	洪湖市	877,775	819,446	-58,329	-6.65%	761,117	9,895 [19]	24,736	34,631	761	913	1,674	36,305	4.77%
Jiangling County	江陵县	389,653	331,344	-58,309	-14.96%	273,035	5,734 [20]	14,334	20,068	273	328	601	20,669	7.57%
Jianli County	监利县	1,363,132	1,162,770	-200,362	-14.70%	962,408	11,549	28,872	40,421	962	1,155	2,117	42,538	4.42%
Jingzhou District	荆州区	585,578	553,756	-31,822	-5.43%	521,934	8,351 [21]	20,877	29,228	522	626	1,148	30,377	5.82%
Shashi District	沙市区	591,572	600,330	8,758	1.48%	609,088	7,309	18,273	25,582	609	731	1,340	26,922	4.42%
Shishou City	石首市	602,649	577,022	-25,627	-4.25%	551,395	12,131 [22]	30,327	42,457	551	662	1,213	43,670	7.92%
Songzi City	松滋市	859,941	765,911	-94,030	-10.93%	671,881	10,750 [23]	26,875	37,625	672	806	1,478	39,103	5.82%
		6,279,990	5,691,707	-588,283	-9.37%	5,103,424	74,749	186,872	261,621	5,103	6,124	11,228	272,848	5.35%

Shiyan Prefecture	十堰市
Danjiangkou City	丹江口市	501,126	443,755	-57,371	-11.45%	386,384	7,728 [24]	19,319	27,047	386	464	850	27,897	7.22%
Fang County	房县	471,311	390,991	-80,320	-17.04%	310,671	6,213	15,534	21,747	311	373	683	22,430	7.22%
Maojian District	茅箭区	267,855	399,449	131,594	49.13%	531,043	8,762	21,906	30,668	531	637	1,168	31,836	6.00%
Yunxi County	郧西县	492,015	447,482	-44,533	-9.05%	402,949	8,059	20,147	28,206	403	484	886	29,093	7.22%
Yunyang District (Yun County)	郧阳区	584,315	558,355	-25,960	-4.44%	532,395	9,051	22,627	31,678	532	639	1,171	32,849	6.17%
Zhangwan District	张湾区	321,969	368,471	46,502	14.44%	414,973	8,299	20,749	29,048	415	498	913	29,961	7.22%
Zhushan County	竹山县	438,787	417,079	-21,708	-4.95%	395,371	7,117	17,792	24,908	395	474	870	25,778	6.52%
Zhuxi County	竹溪县	338,534	315,259	-23,275	-6.88%	291,984	5,840	14,599	20,439	292	350	642	21,081	7.22%
		3,415,912	3,340,841	-75,071	-2.20%	3,265,770	61,069 [25]	152,672	213,741	3,266	3,919	7,185	220,926	6.76%

Suizhou Prefecture	随州市
Guangshui City	广水市	885,936	755,910	-130,026	-14.68%	625,884	12,518 [26]	31,294	43,812	626	751	1,377	45,189	7.22%
Sui County	随县	787730	787,730	0	0.00%	787,730	15,755	39,387	55,141	788	945	1,733	56,874	7.22%
Zengdu District	曾都区	618582	618,582	0	0.00%	618,582	12,372	30,929	43,301	619	742	1,361	44,662	7.22%
		2,484,688	2,162,222	-130,026	-5.23%	2,032,196	40,644 [27]	101,610	142,254	2,032	2,439	4,471	146,725	7.22%

Wuhan Prefecture	武汉市
Caidian District	蔡甸区	512,444	618,994	106,550	20.79%	725,544	10,883	16,325	27,208	2,177	2,612	4,789	31,996	4.41%
Dongxihu District	东西湖区	298,479	452,053	153,574	51.45%	605,627	9,084	13,627	22,711	1,817	2,180	3,997	26,708	4.41%
Hannan District	汉南区	98,901	114,970	16,069	16.25%	131,039	1,966	2,948	4,914	393	472	865	5,779	4.41%
Hanyang District	汉阳区	507,772	584,098	76,326	15.03%	660,424	9,906	14,860	24,766	1,981	2,378	4,359	29,125	4.41%
Hongshan District	洪山区	878,379	1,390,243	511,864	58.27%	1,902,107	22,825	34,238	57,063	5,706	6,848	12,554	69,617	3.66%
Huangpi District	黄陂区	1,054,046	874,938	-179,108	-16.99%	695,830	10,437	15,656	26,094	2,087	2,505	4,592	30,686	4.41%
Jiang'an District	江岸区	723,118	895,957	172,839	23.90%	1,068,796	16,032	24,048	40,080	3,206	3,848	7,054	47,134	4.41%
Jianghan District	江汉区	596,768	685,699	88,931	14.90%	774,630	11,619	17,429	29,049	2,324	2,789	5,113	34,161	4.41%
Jiangxia District	江夏区	634,149	790,117	155,968	24.59%	946,085	14,191	21,287	35,478	2,838	3,406	6,244	41,722	4.41%
Qiaokou District	硚口区	686,318	829,665	143,347	20.89%	973,012	13,622	20,433	34,055	2,919	3,503	6,422	40,477	4.16%
Qingshan District	青山区	443,643	485,607	41,964	9.46%	527,571	7,914	11,870	19,784	1,583	1,899	3,482	23,266	4.41%
Wuchang District	武昌区	976,303	1,214,287	237,984	24.38%	1,452,271	19,606	29,408	49,014	4,357	5,228	9,585	58,599	4.04%
Xinzhou District	新洲区	902,380	848,760	-53,620	-5.94%	795,140	11,927	17,891	29,818	2,385	2,863	5,248	35,066	4.41%
		8,312,700	9,785,388	1,472,688	17.72%	11,258,076	160,013 [28]	240,020	400,034	33,774 [29]	40,529	74,303 [30]	474,337	4.21%

Xiangyang (Xiangfan) Prefecture	襄阳市
Baokang County	保康县	286,729	254,596	-32,133	-11.21%	222,463	4,449	11,123	15,572	1,335	1,602	2,937	18,509	8.32%
Fancheng District	樊城区	581,562	821,531	239,969	41.26%	1,061,500	21,230	53,075	74,305	6,369	7,643	14,012	88,317	8.32%
Gucheng County	谷城县	551,042	523,607	-27,435	-4.98%	496,172	9,923	24,809	34,732	2,977	3,572	6,549	41,282	8.32%
Laohekou City	老河口市	509,468	471,482	-37,986	-7.46%	433,496	7,369 [31]	18,424	25,793	12,138	14,565	26,703 [32]	52,496	12.11%
Nanzhang County	南漳县	573,303	533,661	-39,642	-6.91%	494,019	9,880	24,701	34,581	2,964	3,557	6,521	41,102	8.32%
Xiangcheng District	襄城区	289,826	473,202	183,376	63.27%	656,578	13,132	32,829	45,960	3,939	4,727	8,667	54,627	8.32%
Xiangzhou District	襄州区	1,289,584	904,957	-384,627	-29.83%	520,330	10,407	26,017	36,423	3,122	3,746	6,868	43,291	8.32%
Yicheng City	宜城市	522,835	512,530	-10,305	-1.97%	502,225	10,045 [33]	25,111	35,156	3,013	3,616	6,629	41,785	8.32%
Zaoyang City	枣阳市	1,054,374	1,004,741	-49,633	-4.71%	955,108	66,858 [34]	100,286	167,144	5,731	6,877	12,607	179,751	18.82%
		5,658,723	5,500,307	-158,416	-2.80%	5,341,891	153,293 [35]	316,374	469,667	41,588	49,906	91,494 [36]	561,161	10.50%

Xianning Prefecture	咸宁市
Chibi City	赤壁市	510,926	478,410	-32,516	-6.36%	445,894	8,026 [37]	20,065	28,091	446	535	981	29,072	6.52%
Chongyang County	崇阳县	456,792	410,623	-46,169	-10.11%	364,454	9,111 [38]	22,778	31,890	364	437	802	32,692	8.97%
Jiayu County	嘉鱼县	358,646	319,196	-39,450	-11.00%	279,746	4,336	10,840	15,176	280	336	615	15,792	5.65%
Tongcheng County	通城县	427,867	380,758	-47,109	-11.01%	333,649	5,172	12,929	18,100	334	400	734	18,834	5.65%
Tongshan County	通山县	378,849	361,079	-17,770	-4.69%	343,309	5,321	13,303	18,625	343	412	755	19,380	5.65%
Xian'an District	咸安区	567,598	512,517	-55,081	-9.70%	457,436	7,090	17,726	24,816	457	549	1,006	25,822	5.65%
		2,700,678	2,462,583	-238,095	-8.82%	2,224,488	39,057 [39]	97,642	136,698	2,224	2,669	4,894	141,592	6.37%

Xiaogan Prefecture	孝感市
Anlu City	安陆市	611,990	568,590	-43,400	-7.09%	525,190	10,504 [40]	26,260	36,763	525	630	1,155	37,919	7.22%
Dawu County	大悟县	605,786	614,902	9,116	1.50%	624,018	12,480	31,201	43,681	624	749	1,373	45,054	7.22%
Hanchuan City	汉川市	1,057,396	1,015,507	-41,889	-3.96%	973,618	17,525 [41]	43,813	61,338	974	1,168	2,142	63,480	6.52%
Xiaochang County	孝昌县	612,166	588,666	-23,500	-3.84%	565,166	11,303	28,258	39,562	565	678	1,243	40,805	7.22%
Xiaonan District	孝南区	883,123	908,266	25,143	2.85%	933,409	18,668	46,670	65,339	933	1,120	2,053	67,392	7.22%
Yingcheng City	应城市	650,485	593,812	-56,673	-8.71%	537,139	9,669 [42]	24,171	33,840	537	645	1,182	35,021	6.52%
Yunmeng County	云梦县	571,591	524,799	-46,792	-8.19%	478,007	9,560	23,900	33,460	478	574	1,052	34,512	7.22%
		4,992,537	4,814,542	-177,995	-3.57%	4,636,547	89,709 [43]	224,274	313,983	4,637	5,564	10,200	324,183	6.99%

Yichang Prefecture	宜昌市
Changyang County	长阳土家族自治县	416,782	388,228	-28,554	-6.85%	359,674	3,237	6,474	9,711	7,913 [44]	9,495	17,408	27,119	7.54%
Dangyang City	当阳市	495,946	468,293	-27,653	-5.58%	440,640	6,610 [45]	13,219	19,829	881 [46]	1,058	1,939	21,768	4.94%
Dianjun District	点军区	48,612	103,696	55,084	113.31%	158,780	1,429	2,858	4,287	318	381	699	4,986	3.14%
Wufeng County	五峰土家族自治县	205,897	188,923	-16,974	-8.24%	171,949	1,548	3,095	4,643	344	413	757	5,399	3.14%
Wujiagang District	伍家岗区	184,000	214,194	30,194	16.41%	244,388	2,199	4,399	6,598	489	587	1,075	7,674	3.14%
Xiaoting District	猇亭区	52,827	61,230	8,403	15.91%	69,633	627	1,253	1,880	139	167	306	2,186	3.14%
Xiling District	西陵区	427,299	512,074	84,775	19.84%	596,849	5,372	10,743	16,115	1,194	1,432	2,626	18,741	3.14%
Xingshan County	兴山县	182,691	170,630	-12,061	-6.60%	158,569	1,427	2,854	4,281	317	381	698	4,979	3.14%
Yidu City	宜都市	385,779	384,598	-1,181	-0.31%	383,417	5,751 [47]	11,503	17,254	767	920	1,687	18,941	4.94%
Yiling District	夷陵区	625,208	520,186	-105,022	-16.80%	415,164	3,736	7,473	11,209	12,040	14,448	26,487 [48]	37,697	9.08%
Yuan'an County	远安县	217,389	184,532	-32,857	-15.11%	151,675	1,365	2,730	4,095	303	364	667	4,763	3.14%
Zhijiang City	枝江市	508,835	495,995	-12,840	-2.52%	483,155	4,348 [49]	8,697	13,045	966	1,160	2,126	15,171	3.14%
Zigui County	秭归县	398,043	367,107	-30,936	-7.77%	336,171	3,026	6,051	9,077	672	807	1,479	10,556	3.14%
		4,149,308	4,059,686	-89,622	-2.16%	3,970,064	40,675 [50]	81,350	122,025	26,343	31,612	57,955 [51]	179,979	4.53%

Totals		59,508,870	57,237,727	-2,271,143	-3.82%	54,966,584	994,892 [52]	2,240,023 [53]	3,234,915 [54]	211,993	254,391	466,384 [55]	3,701,299	6.73%
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[1]

4,600 believers in 15 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[2]

5,200 believers in 17 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[3]

In 1950 there were 7,844 Catholics in Enshi Diocese, in 81 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[4]

The former Ezhou City had 13,300 believers in 44 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[5]

9,900 believers in 33 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[6]

In 1950 there were 15,946 Catholics in Qichun Diocese: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[7]

4,300 believers in 14 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[8]

The former Huanggang City had 1,700 believers in 6 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[9]

30,000 TSPM believers: Assist News Service, 2000.

[10]

The former Huangshi City had 2,200 believers in 7 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[11]

13,000 believers in 43 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[12]

20,100 believers in 67 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[13]

9,000 believers in 30 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[14]

2,000 TSPM believers: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.221.

[15]

6,100 believers in 20 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[16]

The former Jingmen City had 3,300 believers in 11 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[17]

There were 3,000 Catholics in just 2 churches in Jingmen in 1997: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.397.

[18]

3,000 TSPM believers: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.221.

[19]

5,400 believers in 18 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[20]

3,000 believers: Amity News Service ( October 1995). This had grown from about 500 believers in 1986. Tianfeng (June 1994), listed 2,000 believers in Jiangling.

[21]

The former Jingzhou City had 5,000 believers in 17 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002

[22]

7,000 believers in 41 meeting points in 1997: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.221.

[23]

5,200 believers in 17 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[24]

2,700 believers in 9 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[25]

The former Shiyan City had 1,800 believers in 6 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[26]

5,500 believers in 18 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002

[27]

The former Suizhou City had 8,600 believers in 29 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[28]

60,000 TSPM believers: Global Chinese Ministries (July-August 2003). According to Amity News Service (March-April 2000), "4,000 Christians were baptized in the 14-year period between 1982 and 1994, the same number again were baptized in the five years between 1995 and 1999." In 1997 Amity News Service published a figure of 18,778 Christians in Wuhan, of which 14,423 were baptized: Amity News Service (August 1997). There were 114 TSPM churches in Wuhan, according to a 2002 TSPM prayer calendar.

[29]

There were 7,000 Catholics in the former Hankow (now Wuhan) Diocese in 1997: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.388.

[30]

In 1950 there were 35,239 Catholics in Wuhan (Hankow) Diocese, in 25 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Another source gives a slightly different number of 35,072 Catholics in 1949: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1989), p.105.

[31]

2,800 believers in 9 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[32]

In 1950 there were 20,445 Catholics in Laohekou Diocese, in 14 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[33]

3,300 believers in 11 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002

[34]

45,000 believers in 150 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[35]

The former Xiangfan City had 11,400 believers in 38 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. A 1985 figure from a government source listed 3,000 believers in the city: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999) p.220. There were 1,200 Protestants in Xiangfan in 1949.

[36]

In 1950 there were 20,184 Catholics in Xiangyang Diocese, in 13 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[37]

2,800 believers in 9 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[38]

5,000 TSPM believers: Amity News Service (August 1997).

[39]

The former Xianning City had 6,000 believers in 40 churches: Yi Yang, "Plans to Build a New Church in City with Few Christians," China Christian Daily (16 June 2017). A 2002 source listed 2,900 believers in 10 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002; while Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.221, said there were 1,500 believers in the city.

[40]

3,800 believers in 13 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[41]

6,500 believers in 22 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[42]

4,000 believers in 13 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[43]

The former Xiaogan City had 8,200 believers in 27 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[44]

There were 3,000 Catholics in the Shigunshang St. Anthony Church in 1997: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.397.

[45]

2,800 believers in 9 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[46]

300: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.396.

[47]

2,200 believers in 7 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[48]

In 1948 there were 12,620 Catholics in Yidu Diocese, in 21 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[49]

2,900 believers in 10 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002

[50]

The former Yichang City had 5,600 believers in 19 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[51]

In 1950 there were 15,078 Catholics in Yichang Diocese, in 156 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[52]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.237, listed a percentage which amounts to 703,600 TSPM believers in Hubei.

[53]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.237, listed a percentage which amounts to 1,759,100 house church believers in Hubei.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.173, listed a percentage which amounts to 809,000 house church believers in Hubei.

In recent years several large independent house church movements have emerged in Hubei, unrelated to the large networks based in Henan and Anhui.

[54]

Evangelicals in Hubei
       9,801 (1904 - China's Millions , November 1905)
     26,364 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.107)
   150,000 (1990 - Zhongguo Shengshi Zizhiqu Ziliao Shouce )*
   600,000 (2000 - TSPM leader to an overseas visitor)*
   606,500 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.173)
   500,000 (2002 - Global Chinese Ministries , July-August 2003)
   131,000 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
2,462,700 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.237)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.

[55]

Catholics in Hubei
1,000 (1663 including Hunan: Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800 , p.385)
10,200 (1703 including Hunan: Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800 , p.385)
5,000 (1765 - Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800 , p.385)
20,000 (1866 - China's Millions , October 1875)
16,800 (1870 - Chinese Recorder , May 1880)
23,000 (1873 - Chinese Recorder , May 1880)
23,320 (1890 in 90 churches: Chinese Recorder , March 1890)
52,549 (1907 in 255 churches: Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China , p.450)
103,748 (1922 in 500 churches: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.108)
191,225 (1950 - Compiled from diocese figures at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
50,000 (1988 - Zhongguo Renkou [China’s Population], 1988)*
182,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.173)
293,200 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.237)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.