Diocese of Hải Phong
Diocese of Hải Phong | |
Basic data | |
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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/ |
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
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Hải Phòng on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Diocese of Hải Phòng in Giga-Catholic (English)
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