Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng

	Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
Basic data
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)

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)