Diocese of Xuân Lộc
Diocese of Xuân Lộc | |
Basic data | |
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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 .
Bishops
- Joseph Lê Van Ân (1965–1974)
- Dominique Nguyên van Lang (1974–1988)
- Paul Marie Nguyên Minh Nhât (1988-2004)
- Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh (2004-2016)
- Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo (since 2016)