Archdiocese of Hanoi ( la, Archidioecesis Hanoiensis, vi, Tổng giáo phận Hà Nội, french: Archidiocèse d'Hanoï) is a

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

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. It is one of the earliest in the history of the

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. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared 24 November 1960. It covers an area of 7,000 km² and has been led by Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên since November 2018.

Suffragans

The suffragan dioceses are: * Diocese of Bắc Ninh * Diocese of Bùi Chu * Diocese of Hải Phòng * Diocese of Thái Bình * Diocese of Lạng Sơn & Cao Bằng * Diocese of Hưng Hóa * Diocese of Phát Diệm * Diocese of Thanh Hóa * Diocese of Vinh * Diocese of Hà Tĩnh

Cathedral

Saint Joseph Cathedral in

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has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese. The Cathedral was built in 1886 in

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style. It holds several masses throughout the day and is usually crowded on weekends and religious holidays.

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holiday in 2004 attracted more than 4,000 visitors to the Cathedral.

Current state

By 2004, Archdiocese of Hanoi had about 282,886 believers (5.3% of the population), 59

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es. The Archdiocese of Hanoi is a "sister" diocese of Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County (USA) since 2008. The young Catholics from the Archdiocese of Hanoi and Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city formed in 2006 an organization for helping children in rural and underdeveloped areas of Vietnam. In November 2006, the Cua Bac Catholic Church in

became the venue of joint worship service of the Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants with participation of the

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President George W. Bush, who was on an official visit to Vietnam. Cua Bac Church (Northern Gate Church) has regular sermons and services in English language and is often visited by

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s. In December 2007, thousands of Vietnamese Catholics marched in procession to the former apostolic nunciature in Hanoi (confiscated by the communist government in 1959) and prayed there twice aiming to return the property to the local Church. Despite their initial promise to return the nunciature building to Roman Catholic community, the authorities changed their position in September 2008 and decided to demolish the building to create a public park.''In Hanoi, stance of repression against Catholics seems to have won, Asianews, September 2008'' The protests of Catholic community were not taken into account. It is purported that

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Ngo Quang Kiet was pressured to retire by government officials. Archbishop Kiet denied this, saying his retirement was due to stress and insomnia. His retirement was accepted by

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on 10 May 2010 and he was succeeded by Coadjutor Archbishop Nguyên Van Nhon. On 17 November 2018, 58-year-old Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên, Bishop of Hải Phòng, was appointed Archbishop of Hanoi by Pope Francis. Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Nhơn’s resignation on 17 November 2018.

Ordinaries

Vicariate Apostolic of Tonking

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(29 July 1658 Appointed - 15 April 1680 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien)

Vicariate Apostolic of Western Tonking

Name changed 24 July 1678Catholic Hierarchy: "Archdiocese of Hà Nôi"
retrieved 8 November 2015 *Jacques de Bourges (25 Nov 1679 Appointed - 9 August 1714 Died) *Edme Bélot (9 Aug 1714 Succeeded - 2 January 1717 Died) *François-Gabriel Guisain (3 Dec 1718 Appointed - 17 November 1723 Died) *Louis Néez (8 Oct 1738 Appointed - 19 October 1764 Died) *Bertrand Reydellet (19 Oct 1764 Succeeded - 27 July 1780 Died) *Jean Davoust (18 Jul 1780 Succeeded - 17 August 1789 Died) * Jacques-Benjamin Longer (17 Aug 1789 Succeeded - 8 February 1831 Died) *

Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P., (2 November 1790 - 7 July 1838) was a 19th-century Catholic bishop who worked as a missionary in Vietnam. Life Havard was born in 1790 in Thourie, in the ancient Province of Brittany, during the final days of ...

(8 Feb 1831 Succeeded - 5 July 1838 Died) * Pierre Dumoulin-Borie (30 Jan 1836 Appointed - 24 November 1838 Died) *Pierre-André Retord (24 Nov 1838 Appointed - 22 October 1858 Died) *Charles-Hubert Jeantet (22 Oct 1858 Succeeded - 24 July 1866 Died) *Joseph-Simon Theurel (24 Jul 1866 Succeeded - 3 November 1868 Died) *Paul-François Puginier (3 Nov 1868 Succeeded - 25 April 1892 Died) * Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau (25 Apr 1892 Succeeded - 3 December 1924)

Vicariate Apostolic of Hà Nôi

Name changed 3 December 1924 *Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau (3 December 1924 - 7 February 1935 Died) *François Chaize (7 Feb 1935 Succeeded - 23 February 1949 Died) *Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (18 Apr 1950 Appointed Vicar Apostolic - 24 November 1960)

Archdiocese of Hanoi

Elevated 24 November 1960 * Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (24 November 1960 Appointed Archbishop - 27 August 1978 Died) * Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (27 August 1978 - 18 May 1990 Died) * Paul Joseph Pham Ðình Tụng (23 March 1994 Appointed - 19 February 2005 Retired) * Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (19 Feb 2005 Appointed - 13 May 2010 Resigned) * Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (13 May 2010 Appointed - 17 November 2018) * Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên (17 November 2018 – current)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanoi Roman Catholic Archdiocese Roman Catholic dioceses in Vietnam Christian organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Vietnam 1960 establishments in North Vietnam