Bishopric of Bắc Ninh
Bishopric of Bắc Ninh | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hanoi |
Diocesan bishop | Cosme Hoàng Van Dat SJ |
founding | 1883 |
surface | 24,600 km² |
Parishes | 73 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 8,542,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 131,730 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 1.5% |
Diocesan priest | 64 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,647 |
Friars | 24 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 243 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Nữ Vương Rất Thánh Mân Cói |
address | Toa Giam Muc, Tx. Bac Ninh, Tinh Bac Ninh, Vietnam |
Website | http://www.giaophanbacninh.org/ |
The diocese Bắc Ninh ( Latin Dioecesis Bacninhensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Bắc Ninh ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Bắc Ninh .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate Nordtonking on June 1, 1883 out of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Osttonking . On December 31, 1913, it lost part of its territory in favor of the Apostolic Prefecture of Lang Son and Cao Bang .
On November 3, 1924, it became part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Yunnan and took the name of Apostolic Vicariate Bắc Ninh. With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of North Tonking
- Antonio Colomer OP (June 1, 1883 - February 7, 1902)
- Maximino Velasco OP (February 7, 1902 - July 9, 1925)
- Gordaliza Teodoro Sánchez OP (July 7, 1916 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Bắc Ninh
- Gordaliza Teodoro Sánchez OP (December 3, 1924 - October 14, 1931)
- Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi OP (June 14, 1932 - December 19, 1947)
- Dominique Hoàng-van-Doàn OP (March 12, 1950 - 1955)
Bishops of Bắc Ninh
- Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng (April 5, 1963 - March 23, 1994, then Archbishop of Hanoi )
- Joseph Marie Nguyên Quang Tuyên (March 23, 1994 - September 23, 2006)
- Cosme Hoàng Van Dat SJ (since August 4, 2008)