Parishes 85 Area 24,600 km² Metropolitan archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Denomination Roman Catholic Province Bac Ninh Province Bishop Cosme Hoàng Van Dat | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)8,061,000125,000 (1.6%) Cathedral Cathedral of Mary Queen of the Rosary in Bắc Ninh Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi | ||
The diocese of Bac Ninh (Latin: Dioecesis Bacninhensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop position is vacant since June 2006.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 12,227 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.
By 2004, the diocese of Bac Ninh had about 123,090 believers (1.8% of the population), 23 priests and 47 parishes.
Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Bac Ninh has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bắc Ninh Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA