Ecclesiastical province Hanoi Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +84 25 3810 367 | Metropolitan Hanoi Area 17,815 km² Province Lang Son Province | |
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,153,0006,078 (0.5%) Similar Lang Son Province Electronic, Bến Xe Khách Lạng Sơn, Ngân Hàng Đầu Tư & Phát Triể | ||
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The diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng (Latin: Dioecesis Langsonensis et Caobangensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Vietnam's Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng provinces.
Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân (vn) was appointed in 2007 as |the diocese's bishop.
The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on 24 November 1960. The diocese covers an area of 17,815 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi. By 2004, the diocese had 6,078 believers (0.5% of the population), 4 priests and 11 parishes. St. Joseph's Cathedral in Lạng Sơn has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. In June 2007, fifty deacons were officially ordained in Lạng Sơn.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA