Diocese of Bà Rịa

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Diocese of Bà Rịa
Basic data
Country Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Diocesan bishop Emmanuel Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
Emeritus diocesan bishop Thomas Nguyên Van Trâm
founding 2005
surface 1,988 km²
Parishes 86 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Residents 1,162,325 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics 265.040 (2018 / AP 2019 )
proportion of 22.8%
Diocesan priest 115 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious priest 100 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics per priest 1,233
Friars 368 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious sisters 646 (2018 / AP 2019 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Vietnamese
cathedral St. James and Philip
Website https://www.giaophanbaria.org

The diocese of Ba Ria ( Latin Dioecesis Barianensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Ba Ria ) is in the south of Vietnam situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ba Ria province Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province .

It was on November 22, 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius consulendum from territories of the Diocese of Xuân Lộc and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City as a suffragan . At the same time, the church in Bà Rịa, consecrated to the apostles James and Philip, was elevated to the status of the new cathedral .

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  1. ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Ad aptius consulendum , AAS 97 (2005), n.12, pp. 1019f.