Ecclesiastical province Huê Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 1960 Phone +84 54 3831 967 Country Vietnam | Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 12,227 km² Province Thừa Thiên-Huế Province Metropolitan archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2006)
2,150,700
66,700 (3.1%) Address 69, Đường Phan Đình Phùng, Tp. Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam Similar Hue Central Hospital, Hue Pedagogi University, Phu Cam Church, Hoàng Anh | ||
Archdiocese (Metropolitan) of Huế (Latin: Archidioecesis Huéensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in central Vietnam.
The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on 24 November 1960. It covers an area of 12,227 km² and headed by Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh (from 2016), who was previously the Bishop of Thanh Hóa.
The suffragan dioceses are:
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Huế has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
By 2004, the Archdiocese of Huế had about 65,770 Roman Catholics (3.3% of the population), 93 priests and 177 parishes.
Ordinaries
References
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