Long Xuyên diocese

Long Xuyên diocese
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Diocesan bishop	Joseph Tran Van Toan
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu
Vicar General	Pierre Lê Văn Kim
founding	1960
surface	10,256 km²
Parishes	186 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	4,174,409 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	247,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	5.9%
Diocesan priest	259 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	16 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	898
Friars	83 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	367 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Mary Queen of Peace
Website	www.giaophanlongxuyen.org

The diocese of Long Xuyen ( Latin Dioecesis Longxuyensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Long Xuyen ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Long Xuyen .

Cathedral in Long Xuyên

history

The diocese Long Xuyên was on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Cần Thơ and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City as a suffragan .

Bishops of Long Xuyên

• Michel Nguyên Khác Ngu , 1960–1997
• Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân , 1997–2003
• Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu , 2003–2019
• Joseph Tran Văn Toan , since 2019

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Homepage of the Long Xuyên Diocese (Vietnamese)
• Entry for the Diocese of Long Xuyên on catholic-hierarchy.org

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Venerabilium Nostrorum , AAS 53 (1961), n.7, pp. 346ff.