Archdiocese of Huế

Archdiocese of Huế
Basic data
Country	Vietnam
Diocesan bishop	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê François-Xavier Lê Văn Hông
founding	1924
surface	9,822 km²
Parishes	83 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,750,700 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	69,380 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	4%
Diocesan priest	108 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	47 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	448
Permanent deacons	3 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	306 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	1.130 (2016 / AP 2017 )
cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Nhà thờ Chính tòa Trái tim Cực Sạch Đức Mẹ)
Website	http://tonggiaophanhue.net/
Suffragan dioceses	Ban Mê Thuột Đà Nẵng Kontum Nha Trang Qui Nhơn

The Archdiocese of Hue ( Vietnamese:. : Tổng giáo Phan Hue , lat. : Archidioecesis Hueensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Vietnam .

The Archdiocese of Huê, formerly part of northern Cochinchina (August 27, 1850), existed as the Apostolic Vicariate since December 3, 1924 and was founded on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilium Nostrorum raised to the archdiocese.

The archdiocese is subordinate to five suffragan dioceses ( Ban Mê Thuột , Đà Nẵng , Kontum , Nha Trang , Qui Nhơn ).

List of archbishops

• Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục , appointed on November 24, 1960 previously Vicar Apostolic of Huê and Titular Bishop of Saesina - Resigned February 17, 1968 and appointed Titular Archbishop ( pro illa vice ) of Bulla Regia ; † December 13, 1984
• Philippe Nguyên succeeded Kim Diên , March 11, 1968, previously coadjutor archbishop of Huê and titular archbishop of Parium (- June 8, 1988)
• Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê , March 1, 1998 - August 18, 2012
• François-Xavier Lê Văn Hông , August 18, 2012–29. October 2016
• Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh , since October 29, 2016

See also

Hué Cathedral

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam

Web links

• Entry on Archdiocese of Huế on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

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