Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City

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Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
Basic data
Country Vietnam
Diocesan bishop Joseph Nguyen Nang
Auxiliary bishop Louis Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Emeritus diocesan bishop Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Phạm Minh Mẫn
surface 2,093 km²
Parishes 202 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 7,844,791 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 697.244 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 8.9%
Diocesan priest 345 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 616 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 726
Friars 3,109 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 6.003 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Vietnamese
cathedral Notre Dame
Website http://tgpsaigon.net/
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Bà Rịa
Diocese of Cần Thơ
Diocese of Đà Lạt
Diocese of Long Xuyên
Diocese of Mỹ Tho
Diocese of Phan Thiết
Diocese of Phu Cường
Diocese of Vĩnh Long
Diocese of Xuân Lộc

The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City ( Latin Archidioecesis Hochiminhopolitana , Vietnamese Tổng giáo phận Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Vietnam .

history

The forerunner of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City emerged on March 2, 1844 as the Apostolic Vicariate West Cochin from the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Cochin . This changed its name on December 3, 1924 in the Apostolic Vicariate Saigon and was on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum raised to the archdiocese. On October 14, 1965, the archbishopric ceded part of its territory to establish the Phú Cường diocese , before it underwent the most recent name change on November 23, 1976.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of West Cochin

Vicars Apostolic of Saigon

Archbishops of Saigon

Archbishops of Ho Chi Minh City

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Venerabilium Nostrorum , AAS 53 (1961), n.7, pp. 346ff.