Diocese of Thái Bình
Diocese of Thái Bình | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hanoi |
Diocesan bishop | Pierre Nguyên Van Dê SDS |
founding | March 9, 1936 |
surface | 2,221 km² |
Parishes | 119 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 2,955,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 134,700 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 4.6% |
Diocesan priest | 130 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 875 |
Friars | 42 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 187 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Heart of jesus |
Website | http://giaophanthaibinh.org/ |
The diocese Thái Bình ( Latin Dioecesis de Thai Binh , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Thái Bình ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Thái Bình .
history
The Diocese of Thái Bình was on March 9, 1936 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Praecipuas inter from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Bùi Chu as Apostolic Vicariate Thái Bình .
The Apostolic Vicariate Thái Bình was on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Hanoi as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Thái Bình
- Juan Casado Obispo OP , 1936-1941
- Santos Ubierna OP, 1942-1955
- Dominique-Marie Dinh-Duc-Tru , 1960
Bishops of Thái Bình
- Dominique-Marie Dinh-Duc-Tru, 1960–1982
- Joseph Marie Dinh-Binh , 1982-1989
- François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang , 1990–2009
- Pierre Nguyên Van Dê SDS , since 2009
See also
Web links
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