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comprises solely a

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hierarchy, joint in a national

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, comprising three metropolitan

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s. There are no Eastern Catholic, (missionary) pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees, all defunct jurisdictions have current Latin successor sees. There formally is an

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to Vietnam as papal diplomatic representation (non-residential, below embassy-level), but it is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to

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Current Latin dioceses

Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hà Nội ** Diocese of Bắc Ninh ** Diocese of Bùi Chu ** Diocese of Hà Tĩnh ** Diocese of Hải Phòng ** Diocese of Hưng Hóa ** Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng ** Diocese of Phát Diệm ** Diocese of Thái Bình ** Diocese of Thanh Hóa ** Diocese of Vinh

Ecclesiastical Province of Huế

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huế ** Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột ** Diocese of Đà Nẵng **

Diocese of Kon Tum In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

** Diocese of Nha Trang ** Diocese of Quy Nhơn

Ecclesiastical Province of Sài Gòn

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon) ** Diocese of Bà Rịa ** Diocese of Cần Thơ ** Diocese of Đà Lạt ** Diocese of Long Xuyên ** Diocese of Mỹ Tho ** Diocese of Phan Thiết ** Diocese of Phú Cường ** Diocese of Vĩnh Long ** Diocese of Xuân Lộc

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vietnam, List of Catholic Dioceses * Lists of Roman Catholic dioceses by country Catholic dioceses

Current Latin dioceses

Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội

Ecclesiastical Province of Huế

Ecclesiastical Province of Sài Gòn

See also

Sources and external links