Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanzhong

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hanzhong (formerly spelled Hanchung; ; ), also known as Diocese of Nancheng, is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Shaanxi, China. The episcopal see is the city of Hanzhong, Shaanxi. The Diocese of Hanzhong is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xi'an. It was established on August 2, 1887 as an apostolic vicariate. The Diocese of Hanzhong is bordered by the Diocese of Qinzhou to the west; Apostolic Prefecture of Xing'anfu to the east; Archdiocese of Xi'an, Diocese of Zhouzhi and Diocese of Fengxiang to the north; and Diocese of Chengdu and Diocese of Shunqing to the south.

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