Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hanoi |
Diocesan bishop | Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 18,359 km² |
Parishes | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,787,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 6,227 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 0.3% |
Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 283 |
Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Thánh Gui Se |
Website | http://giaophanlangson.org/ |
The Bistum Lang Son and Cao Bang ( latin Dioecesis Langsonensis et Caobangensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Lang Son và Cao Bang ) is in Vietnam preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Lang Son .
history
Pope Pius X. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng on December 31, 1913 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Tonking .
On July 11, 1939 she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Libenti animo . With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
- Bertrando Cothonay OP (1913-1924)
- Domenico Maria Maillet OP (March 31, 1925–1930)
- Félix Hedde OP (November 20, 1931 - July 11, 1939)
Vicars Apostolic of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
- Félix Hedde (July 11, 1939 - May 4, 1960)
- Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq OP (May 4, 1960 - November 24, 1960)
Bishops of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
- Vincent de Paul Pham Van Du (November 24, 1960 - September 2, 1998)
- Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (June 3, 1999 - February 19, 2005, then Archbishop of Hà Nôi )
- Joseph Dang Duc Ngan (October 12, 2007 - March 12, 2016, then Bishop of Da Nang )
- Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri (since March 12, 2016)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng on gcatholic.org (English)