Diocese of Nha Trang

	Diocese of Nha Trang
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Huế
Diocesan bishop	Joseph Võ Đức Minh
founding	1960
surface	9,486 km²
Parishes	95 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,805,727 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	210.710 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	11.7%
Diocesan priest	161 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	58 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	962
Friars	161 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	699 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Chúa Giê Su Vua (Christ the King)
address	Toa Giam Muc, 22 Tran Phu, BP 42, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Viet Nam
Website	http://giaophannhatrang.org/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang ( Latin Dioecesis Nhatrangensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Nha Trang ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Nha Trang .

Nha Trang Cathedral

history

Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Nha Trang on July 5, 1957 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Quinhon and the Archdiocese of Saigon .

With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960. On January 30, 1975 it lost part of its territory to the Phan Thiet diocese .

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Nha Trang

Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet M.EP (July 5, 1957 - November 24, 1960)

Bishops of Nha Trang

Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet MEP (November 24, 1960 - July 3, 1966)
François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán (April 13, 1967 - April 24, 1975, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City )
Paul Nguyên Van Hòa (April 25, 1975 - December 4, 2009)
Joseph Võ Đức Minh (since December 4, 2009)

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