Diocese of Xuân Lộc

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Diocese of Xuân Lộc
Basic data
Country Vietnam
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Diocesan bishop Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo
Auxiliary bishop Gioan Đỗ Văn Ngân
Emeritus diocesan bishop Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh
founding 1965
surface 5,967 km²
Parishes 260 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 3,269,900 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 976.317 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 29.9%
Diocesan priest 414 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 157 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 1,710
Friars 585 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 1,795 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Vietnamese
cathedral Cathedral Christ the King
address BP 11
Toa Giam Muc
Y-70 Hung Vuong
Thi Tran Xuan Loc
Long Khanh, Dong Nai
Viet Nam
Website http://giaophanxuanloc.net

The Roman Catholic diocese Xuân Lộc ( Latin Dioecesis Xuanlocensis , Vietnamese Giáo phận Xuân Lộc ) was established on October 14, 1965 and is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City as a suffragan .

Xuan Loc was the largest Vietnamese diocese until the Bà Rịa bishopric was split off from it in November 2005 .

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