Diocese of Vĩnh Long
Diocese of Vĩnh Long | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City |
Diocesan bishop | Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 6,772 km² |
Parishes | 216 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 4,065,200 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 204.908 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 5% |
Diocesan priest | 183 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 976 |
Friars | 93 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 678 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Saint Anna |
Website | http://giaophanvinhlong.net/ |
The diocese of Vinh Long ( latin Dioecesis Vinhlongensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Vinh Long ) is one in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Vinh Long .
history
The Diocese of Vĩnh Long was on January 8, 1938 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Saigon as Apostolic Vicariate Vĩnh Long . On November 24, 1960, the Vicariate Apostolic Vĩnh Long by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Vĩnh Long
- Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục , 1938–1960, then Archbishop of Huế
Bishops of Vĩnh Long
- Antoine Nguyên Van Thien , 1960–1968
- Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu , 1968–2001
- Thomas Nguyên Van Tan , 2001-2013
- Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai , since 2015