Diocese of Vinh

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Diocese of Vinh
Basic data
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

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

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).