Diocese of Hải Phong

	Diocese of Hải Phong
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Hanoi
Diocesan bishop	Sedis vacancy
founding	1960
surface	9,079 km²
Parishes	86 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	5,150,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	135,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	2.6%
Diocesan priest	71 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	5 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,776
Friars	5 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	95 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Nữ Vương Rất Thánh Mân Cói
Website	http://gphaiphong.org/

Cathedral in Hải Phong

The diocese Hải Phòng ( lat. : Dioecesis Haiphongensis , Vietnamese : Giáo Phan Hải Phòng ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Hải Phòng .

history

Pope Innocent XI. founded the Apostolic Vicariate Osttonking on July 24, 1678 from the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Tonking into Osttonking and Westtonking .

On September 5, 1848 it lost parts of its territory to the Vicariate Apostolic Central Tonking , on June 1, 1883 to the Vicariate Apostolic North Tonking and on April 15, 1901 to the Vicariate Apostolic Coast Tonking .

On November 3, 1924, it took the name of the Apostolic Vicariate Hải Phòng. With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Osttonking

François Deydier MEP , November 25, 1678–1. July 1693
Raimondo Lezzoli OP , October 20, 1696-18. January 1706
Juan a Santa Cruz OP, April 3, 1716-14. August 1721
Thomas Bottaro a Sextris OP, August 14, 1721–8. August 1737
Hilario a Jesu Costa OAD , April 8, 1737-1740
Santiago Hernánde OP, August 13, 1757–6. February 1777
Manuel Obellar OP, January 29, 1778–7. September 1789
Feliciano Alonso OP, October 1, 1790–2. February 1799
Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián OP, February 2, 1799–12. July 1838
Jerónimo Hermosilla OP, August 2, 1839–1. November 1861
Hilarión Alcázar OP, November 1, 1861–15. October 1870
Antonio Colomer OP January 30, 1871–1. June 1883, then Vicar Apostolic of Nordtonking
José Terrés OP, May 29, 1883–2. April 1906
Nicasio Arellano OP, April 11, 1906-14. April 1919
Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate OP, April 14, 1919–3. December 1924

Vicars Apostolic of Hải Phong

Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate OP, December 3, 1924-22. May 1929
Alejandro García Fontcuberta OP, May 31, 1930-14. February 1933
Francisco Gomez de Santiago OP, February 18, 1933–1952
Joseph Truong-cao-Dai OP, January 8, 1953-1960

Bishops of Hải Phong

Pierre Khuât-Vañ-Tao , November 24, 1960-19. August 1977
Joseph Nguyên Tùng Cuong , January 10, 1979-10. February 1999
Joseph Vu Van Thien , November 26, 2002–17. November 2018, then Archbishop of Hanoi
Sedis vacancy , since November 17, 2018

Web links

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