Parishes 94 Sui iuris church Latin Church Area 25,728 km² Country Vietnam | Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Province Kon Tum Province Secular priests 103 | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
1,775,200
291,063 (16.4%) Established 1932 (as Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum)
1960 (as Diocese of Kontum) Address Thống Nhất, Kon Tum, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế Metropolitan archbishop Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng | ||
H nh h ng n c m m ng en gi o ph n kontum
Diocese of Kon Tum (Latin: Dioecesis Kontumensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2015 is Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị. More than 16% of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.
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The diocese covers an area of 25,728 km² of central Vietnam. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic on January 18, 1932. On November 24, 1960, it was elevated to a diocese. In 1967, some of the territory was split off to form the new Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột.
Vicars Apostolic
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References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kon Tum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA