The town of Tingzhou is the seat of the Changting County

Changting County

Changting , also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow, is a county in western Fujian province, the People's Republic of China. With a population of 480,000 and an area of 3,099 square kilometers, Changting is the fifth largest county in Fujian province...

 government, Party

Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 and police.

History

For information on Tingzhou Town's colorful past, see the wiki pages on the county

Changting County

Changting , also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow, is a county in western Fujian province, the People's Republic of China. With a population of 480,000 and an area of 3,099 square kilometers, Changting is the fifth largest county in Fujian province...

 it seats and on the former prefecture

Tingzhou fu

Tingzhou fu was a prefecture in Fujian province from the Tang Dynasty down to the early 20th century.-History:As early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, there were ancient Minyue people thrived along the Tingjiang river, which originates in the north and runs through the county toward the south and...

 it seated.

Reference of Place-name

The county town bears the name of the large pre-Republican

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 prefecture which it long administered; Tingzhou fu

Tingzhou fu

Tingzhou fu was a prefecture in Fujian province from the Tang Dynasty down to the early 20th century.-History:As early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, there were ancient Minyue people thrived along the Tingjiang river, which originates in the north and runs through the county toward the south and...

 encompassed Ninghua

Ninghua County

Ninghua is a county in Sanming municipality in Fujian province, China.Ninghua is located at the west of Sanming, next to Jiangxi Province. Shibi of Ninghua is well known as the Cradle of the Hakka...

 and Qingliu

Qingliu County

Qingliu is a county of Fujian, China. It is under the administration of Sanming city.-Administration:The county executive, legislature, and judiciary are in Longjin Town, along with the CPC and PSB branches.-Township :*Donghua...

 counties in Sanming

Sanming

Sanming ) is a prefecture-level city in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Nanping City to the north, Fuzhou City to the east, Quanzhou City to the southeast, Longyan City to the south, and the province of Jiangxi to the west...

 municipality as well as the entirety of Longyan

Longyan

Longyan is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Fujian province, China.-Geography:It is situated in the upper reaches of the Jiulong and Tingjiang rivers...

.

Religion

The town is the seat of a modest cathedral built by Roman Catholic bishop Johann Lesinski

Johann Lesinski

Johann Lesinski was the first and -to date- only bishop of Tingzhou, in the Ecclesiastical province of Fuzhou.A German, Lesinski belonged to the Ordo Praedicatorum . He was ordained into the priesthood in July 1932, before his 28th birthday anniversary...

. To this day the territory of the Imperial-era prefecture Tingzhou fu

Tingzhou fu

Tingzhou fu was a prefecture in Fujian province from the Tang Dynasty down to the early 20th century.-History:As early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, there were ancient Minyue people thrived along the Tingjiang river, which originates in the north and runs through the county toward the south and...

 remains, in the eyes of the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

, a diocese under the Metropolitan at Fuzhou

Fuzhou (disambiguation)

Fuzhou is the Hanyu Pinyin romanisation of two important Chinese place-names. It may refer to:*Fuzhou , capital of Fujian Province***Fuzhou University***Fuzhou Changle International Airport***Fuzhou people...

. The cathedral has no such status though under the Patriotic Catholic administration

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association , abbreviated CPA, CPCA, or CCPA, is an association of people, established in 1957 by the People's Republic of China's Religious Affairs Bureau to exercise state supervision over mainland China's Catholics...

, and in fact is little used even as a church.