Diocese of Cần Thơ

Diocese of Cần Thơ
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Diocesan bishop	Stephanus Tri Buu Thien
founding	1960
surface	14,423 km²
Parishes	148 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	5,598,951 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	183,517 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	3.3%
Diocesan priest	204 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	11 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	854
Friars	12 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	509 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Heart of jesus
Website	http://gpcantho.com//

Cathedral in Cần Thơ

The Diocese of Can Tho ( Latin Dioecesis Canthoensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Can Tho ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Can Tho .

history

The diocese Cần Thơ was on September 20, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Phnom-Penh as Apostolic Vicariate Cần Thơ . On November 24, 1960, the Vicariate Apostolic Cần Thơ gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Long Xuyên .

The Apostolic Vicariate Cần Thơ was on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saigon as a suffragan .

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Cần Thơ

• Paul Nguyên Van Binh , 1955–1960, then Archbishop of Saigon

Bishops of Cần Thơ

• Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên , 1960–1964, then coadjutor archbishop of Huế
• Jacques Nguyên Ngoc Quang , 1965–1990
• Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuân , 1990-2010
• Stephanus Tri Buu Thien , since 2010

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Cần Thơ on catholic-hierarchy.org

Commons : Diocese of Cần Thơ  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Venerabilium Nostrorum , AAS 53 (1961), n.7, p. 346ff.