Diocese of Hưng Hóa
Diocese of Hưng Hóa
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hanoi |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jean Marie Vu Tât |
founding | November 24, 1960 |
surface | 54,000 km² |
Parishes | 116 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 7,506,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 243,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 3.2% |
Diocesan priest | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,558 |
Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 314 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Thánh Nữ Têrêsa Hài Đðng |
address | Toa Giam Muc, Hung Hoa, Tx Son Tay, Ha Tay, Viet Nam |
Website | http://giaophanhunghoa.org/vi/ |
The diocese Hưng Hóa ( lat. : Dioecesis Hung Hoaensis , Vietnamese:. : Giáo Phan Hưng Hóa ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Hưng Hóa .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate Obertonking on April 15, 1895 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Westtonking . On November 3, 1924, it was named Vicariate Apostolic Hưng Hóa.
With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Vicars of Obertonking
- Paul-Marie Ramond MEP (April 18, 1895 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Hưng Hóa
- Paul-Marie Ramond MEP (December 3, 1924 - May 21, 1938, resigned)
- Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele MEP (May 21, 1938 - November 21, 1943, died)
- Jean-Maria Mazé MEP (January 11, 1945 - November 24, 1960, resigned)
- Pierre Nguyên Huy Quang (March 5, 1960 - November 24, 1960)
Bishops of Hưng Hóa
- Pierre Nguyên Huy Quang (November 24, 1960 - November 14, 1985, died)
- Joseph Phan Thé Hinh (November 14, 1985 - January 22, 1989, died)
- Joseph Nguyên Phung Hiêu (December 3, 1990 - May 9, 1992, died)
- Antoine Vu Huy Chuong , (August 5, 2003 - March 1, 2011)
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Jean Marie Vu Tât (March 1, 2011 - August 29, 2020)
- Sedis vacancy since August 29, 2020
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Hưng Hóa on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry for Diocese of Hưng Hóa on gcatholic.org (English)