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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang

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Parishes
  
90

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
9,486 km²

Bishop
  
Joseph Võ Đức Minh

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Vietnam

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)1,786,000200,385 (11.2%)

Established
  
1957 (as Vicariate Apostolic of Nha Trang)1960 (as Diocese of Nha Trang)

Cathedral
  
Christ the King Cathedral, Nha Trang

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng

The diocese of Nha Trang (Latin: Dioecesis Nhatrangensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The current bishop is Joseph Võ Đức Minh, since December 4, 2009.

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The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 9,486 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế.

By 2013, the diocese of Nha Trang had about 200,385 Catholics (11.2% of the population), 191 priests and 90 parishes.

Christ the King Cathedral in Nha Trang has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.

Vicar Apostolic

  • Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. (5 July 1957 - 24 November 1960)

    • Bishops

  • Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. (24 November 1960 - 3 July 1966)
  • François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuận (13 April 1967 - 24 April 1975)
  • Paul Nguyên Van Hòa (25 April 1975 - 4 December 2009)
  • Joseph Võ Đức Minh (4 December 2009 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang Wikipedia
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