Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of St. Joseph (Laoxikai Church), in the city of Tianjin, which also houses the former cathedral Our Lady of Victory Church (Wanghailou Church) (圣母得勝堂（望海樓天主堂）).
Data from 1950 indicated there were 50,000 registered Roman Catholics in Tianjin, about 1.4% of the total 3,600,000 population. Data from 2008 estimated 100,000 Catholics in Tianjin after years of persecution, of which 40,000 are officially registered and an estimated 60,000 are underground. This represents about 0.7% of the population of Tianjin.
History
June 19, 1870: the Tianjin Massacre, an anti-Catholic riot, occurred in the city of Tianjin
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