Diocese of Vinh
Diocese of Vinh | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hanoi |
Diocesan bishop | Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long PSS |
Auxiliary bishop | Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 16,499 km² |
Parishes | 93 (2018) |
Residents | 3,065,300 (2018) |
Catholics | 281,934 (2018) |
proportion of | 9.2% |
Diocesan priest | 126 (2018) |
Catholics per priest | 2,238 |
Friars | 25 (2018) |
Religious sisters | 721 (2018) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Vietnamese |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption ( Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Đưc Mẹ Lên Trói ) |
Website | http://gpvinh.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vinh ( Latin Dioecesis Vinhensis , Vietnamese Giáo Phan Vinh ) is in Vietnam Located Roman Catholic diocese based in Vinh .
history
Pope Gregory XVI founded the Apostolic Vicariate South Tonking with the Apostolic Constitution Ex debito on March 27, 1846 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Westtonking .
On December 3, 1924, it took the name, Vicariate Apostolic Vinh. With the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum , it was elevated to a diocese on November 24, 1960.
Pope Francis divided the diocese on December 22, 2018 and established the diocese Hà Tĩnh from the separated part . The previous bishop of Vinh, Paul Nguyên Thai Hop OP , was appointed its first bishop. The previous auxiliary bishop in Hung Hoá , Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long PSS , was appointed as the new bishop of the remaining diocese of Vinh .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of South Tonkin
- Jean-Denis Gauthier MEP (March 27, 1846 - December 8, 1877, died)
- Yves-Marie Croc MEP (December 8, 1877 - October 11, 1885, died)
- Louis-Marie Pineau MEP (May 21, 1886 - June 2, 1910, resigned)
- François Belleville MEP (February 9, 1911 - July 7, 1912, died)
- André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy MEP (December 11, 1912 - December 3, 1924)
Vicars Apostolic of Vinh
- André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy MEP (December 3, 1924 - July 30, 1947, died)
- Jean Baptiste Tran-Huu-Duc (June 14, 1951 - November 24, 1960)
Bishops of Vinh
- Jean Baptiste Tran-Huu-Duc (November 24, 1960 - January 5, 1971, died)
- Pierre Marie Nguyen Van Nang (January 5, 1971 - July 6, 1978, died)
- Pierre-Jean Tran Xuan Hap (January 10, 1979 - December 11, 2000, retired)
- Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên (December 11, 2000 - May 13, 2010, retired)
- Paul Nguyên Thai Hop OP (May 13, 2010– December 22, 2018, then Bishop of Hà Tĩnh )
- Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long PSS (since December 22, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Vinh on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Vinh on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Creazione della diocesi di Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 22, 2018, accessed December 22, 2018 (Italian).