Diocese of Kontum

	Diocese of Kontum
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Huế
Diocesan bishop	Luy Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Pierre Trân Thanh Chung ; Michel Hoang Ðúc Oanh
founding	January 18, 1932
surface	25,225 km²
Parishes	116 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,833,200 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	318,899 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	17.4%
Diocesan priest	79 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	62 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	2,262
Friars	90 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	521 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Đưc Mẹ Vô Nhiếm Nguyên Tôi
Website	http://www.giaophankontum.com

The Diocese of Kon Tum ( Latin Dioecesis Kontumensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Kon Tum ) is a in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Kon Tum .

Cathedral in Kontum

history

Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Kontum with the Breve Decessores Nostros on January 18, 1932 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Qui Nhơn .

With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960. On June 22, 1967, it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Ban Mê Thuột .

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Kontum

Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin M.EP (January 10, 1933 - July 16, 1940)
Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion MEP (December 23, 1940 - August 19, 1951)
Paul-Léon Seitz MEP (June 19, 1952 - November 24, 1960)

Bishops of Kontum

Paul-Léon Seitz MEP (November 24, 1960 - October 2, 1975)
Alexis Pham Van Lôc (October 2, 1975 - April 8, 1995)
Pierre Trân Thanh Chung (April 8, 1995 - July 16, 2003)
Michel Hoang Ðúc Oanh (July 16, 2003 - October 7, 2015)
Luy Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị (since October 7, 2015)

Web links

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

Entry to diocese Kontum on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Entry about the diocese of Kontum on Giga-Catholic (English)