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is a minority in

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, a province of China. The province has more Christians than it has

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enjoys more liberty.

16th century

In the 16th century, missionaries entered

Zhaoqing Zhaoqing ( zh, c=肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanz ...

in Guangdong. Roman Catholic missionary

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came to Guangdong Province in 1583. In September 1807 Robert Morrison landed in Guangzhou. Elijah C. Bridgman and his wife, the first American Protestant missionaries to China, arrived in Guangzhou in 1830. The Protestant population of Guangdong exceeds half a million.

Watchman Nee Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T'o-sheng ( zh, t=倪柝聲, p=Ní Tuòshēng; November 4, 1903 – May 30, 1972), was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. His evangelism was influenced b ...

was from Guangdong. The province has numerous

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es. Guangzhou has Union Theological Seminary. Religious liberty is closer to be respected in Guangdong than in other areas. The house churches in Guangdong face the risk of being closed and its members punished. The province has more Protestants than it has Catholics. Lutherans were active in the province.

Chaozhou

Christianity reached

Chaozhou Chaozhou ( zh, t=潮州), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, ...

in the 19th century. There were more than 100 Baptist churches. Furthermore, there were Presbyterian churches.

List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of (Canton) (, ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guangzhou in China. History * 1848: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi from the Diocese of Macau * 1875: Renamed as Apostolic Vicari ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiangmen/Kongmoon (, ) is a diocese located in the city of Jiangmen in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou, Guangzhou in China. History It was established as Apostolic Pref ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiaying/Kayíng/Meizhou (, ) is a diocese of the Catholic Church which is headquartered in the city of Meizhou, in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * February 20, 1929: Established as the A ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shantou/Swatow (, ) is a diocese located in the city of Shantou in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China. History * April 6, 1914: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chaozhou 潮州 from the Apostoli ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Shaozhou

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16th century

Chaozhou

List of Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Guangdong

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