The Queen of Peace Cathedral ( vi, Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Dức Maria Ban Hoá Binh; french: Cathédrale Reine-de-la-Paix), also called Regina Pacis Cathedral or Long Xuyên Cathedral, is a religious building that is located in
Long Xuyen
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, capital city of the province of
An Giang
An Giang () is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country.
Geography
An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of t ...
in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
region in the southwest Asian country of
Vietnam
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.
The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother of the
Diocese of Long Xuyên (''Dioecesis Longxuyensis'' or ''Giáo phận Long Xuyên'') which was created in 1960 by bull ''"Christi mandata"'' of
Pope John XXIII
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. It was formally consecrated in 1974.
It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu. It stands a large statue dedicated to the Virgin Mary and a tower of 55 meters high.
See also
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List of cathedrals in Vietnam
This is the list of cathedrals in Vietnam.
Roman Catholic
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam:GCatholic.orgCathedrals Vietnam/ref>
* Mary Mother of God Cathedral in Bà Rịa of Bà Rịa diocese
* Queen of the Rosary Cathedral ...
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Roman Catholicism in Vietnam
The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philipp ...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon ( vi, Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or ; french: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception ( vi, V ...
References
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Vietnam
Long Xuyen
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1974
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Vietnam
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