How many Catholic churches are in China?

One thing need to be reminded that those "catholic churches" are not recognized by Vantican. Chinese government insists godfathers and bishops need to be assigned by government's administration of religion instead of vantican. read more

Catholic Church in China (called Tiānzhǔ Jiào, 天主教, literally, "Religion of the Lord of Heaven", after the term for God traditionally used in Chinese by Catholics) has a long and complicated history. Christianity has existed in China in various forms since at least the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century AD. read more

As of August 2015, at least two Catholic bishops and six priests were in prison, one since 1997. All were members of what’s often called China’s “underground” Catholic community, meaning Catholics who refuse to accept state oversight. Occasionally, China will send signals that appear to suggest a thaw in attitudes. read more