It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Beijing.
[1] The Catholic Church in Handan was established as an apostolic prefecture on May 24, 1929, by Pope Pius XI.
The diocesan territory covered the counties of Yongnian, Jize, Zhuzhou, Weixian, Chengan, Cixian, Handan, Qinghe, Guangping, Feixiang with the cathedral located at Zhaozhuang of Weixian.
[2] The Diocese plans to build a cathedral in Handan, with a total cost of 3.5 million yuan.
The church will be designed by the School of Architecture of the Hebei University of Engineering and will be located in the Wulipu Village in the Sucao Township.