Diocese of Phú Cường

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Diocese of Phú Cường
Basic data
Country Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Diocesan bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Emeritus diocesan bishop Pierre Trân Ðinh Tu
founding 1965
surface 9,543 km²
Parishes 103 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 3,356,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 144.222 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 4.3%
Diocesan priest 133 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 27 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 901
Friars 451 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 664 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Vietnamese
cathedral Heart of jesus
Website https://giaophanphucuong.org

The Diocese of Phú Cường ( Latin Dioecesis Phucuongensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Phú Cường ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Phú Cường .

history

The diocese Phú Cường was on October 14, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution In animo Nostro from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Saigon and subordinated to this as a suffragan .

Bishops of Phú Cường

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. In animo Nostro , AAS 58 (1966), n.8, p. 545f.