Parishes 85 Sui iuris church Latin Church Area 24,600 km² Country Vietnam Metropolitan archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Province Bac Ninh Province Bishop Cosme Hoàng Van Dat | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2012)
8,061,000
125,000 (1.6%) Cathedral Cathedral of Mary Queen of the Rosary in Bắc Ninh Address 562 Ngô Gia Tự, Tiền An, Tp. Bắc Ninh, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam 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