Diocese of Qui Nhơn

	Diocese of Qui Nhơn
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Huế
Diocesan bishop	Matthieu Nguyên Van Khôi
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Pierre Nguyên Soan
founding	1960
surface	16,194 km²
Parishes	54 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents	3,720,040 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics	72,733 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of	2%
Diocesan priest	97 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest	15 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest	649
Friars	16 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters	271 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Vietnamese
cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption ( Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Đưc Mẹ Lên Trói )
Website	http://gpquinhon.org/

Quy Nhơn Cathedral.

The diocese of Qui Nhon ( lat. : Dioecesis Quinhonensis , Vietnamese : Giáo Phan Qui Nhon ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Quy Nhon .

history

Pope Innocent X. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin on September 9, 1659 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Macau . In 1662, territories were given up to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam , and in 1680 it gave up part of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian .

On March 2, 1844, the Apostolic Vicariate Cochin was divided into the Apostolic Vicariates West Cochin and East Cochin.

To the Apostolic Vicariate Nordcochin the Apostolic Vicariate Ostcochin on August 27, 1850 lost a piece of territory. On December 3, 1924, it was named Vicariate Apostolic Quinhon.

On January 18, 1932, it lost parts of its territory to the Vicariate Apostolic Kontum and on July 5, 1957 to the Vicariate Apostolic Nha Trang .

With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960. On January 18, 1963, it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Da Nang .

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic

Vicars Apostolic of Cochin

Pierre Lambert de la Motte MEP (July 29, 1658 - June 15, 1679)
Guillaume Mahot MEP (January 29, 1680 - June 4, 1684)
François Perez (February 5, 1687 - September 20, 1728)
Alexandre de Alexandris B (September 20, 1728 - October 10, 1738)
Arnaud-François Lefèbvre MEP (October 6, 1741 - March 27, 1760)
Guillaume Piguel MEP (July 29, 1762 - June 21, 1771)
Pierre-Joseph-Georges Pigneau de Béhaine , MEP (September 24, 1771 - October 9, 1799)
Jean Labartette MEP (October 9, 1799 - August 6, 1823)
Jean-Louis Taberd MEP (September 18, 1827 - July 31, 1840)
Etienne-Théodore Cuénot MEP (July 31, 1840 - March 2, 1844)

Vicars Apostolic of East Cochin

Etienne-Théodore Cuénot MEP (March 2, 1844 - November 14, 1861)
Eugène-Étienne Charbonnier MEP (September 9, 1864 - August 7, 1878)
Louis-Marie Galibert MEP (May 23, 1879 - April 24, 1883)
Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke MEP (January 15, 1884 - November 9, 1901)
Damien Grangeon MEP (March 21, 1902 - December 3, 1924)

Vicars Apostolic of Quinhon

Damien Grangeon MEP (December 3, 1924 - March 3, 1929)
Augustin-Marie Tardieu MEP (January 10, 1930 - December 12, 1942)
Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet MEP (November 11, 1943, July 5, 1957, then Vicar Apostolic of Nha Trang )

Bishops of Quy Nhơn

Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi (November 24, 1960 - January 18, 1963, then Bishop of Da Nang )
Dominique Hoàng-Packwagen-Doàn OP (January 18, 1963 - May 20, 1974)
Paul Huynh Dông Các (July 1, 1974 - June 3, 1999)
Pierre Nguyên Soan (June 3, 1999– June 30, 2012)
Matthieu Nguyên Van Khôi (since June 30, 2012)

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