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Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long

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Parishes
  
209

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
6,772 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Paul Bùi Văn Đọc

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Vietnam

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)4,385,000199,404 (4.5%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Anne in Vĩnh Long

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City

The Diocese of Vĩnh Long (Latin: Dioecesis Vinhlongensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. The current bishop is Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai, since October 2015.

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

The diocese covers an area of 6,772 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.

By 2014, the diocese of Vĩnh Long had about 199,404 Catholics (4.5% of the population), 179 priests and 209 parishes.

St. Anne’s Cathedral in Vĩnh Long town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.

Vicar Apostolic

  • Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục (8 Jan 1938 Appointed - 24 Nov 1960 Appointed, Archbishop of Huế)

    • Bishops

  • Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (24 November 1960 Appointed - 12 July 1968 Resigned)
  • Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (12 July 1968 Appointed - 3 July 2001 Retired)
  • Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân (3 July 2001 Succeeded - 17 August 2013 Died)
  • Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai (7 October 2015 Appointed - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long Wikipedia
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