The diocese of Bùi Chu ( la, Dioecesis Buichuensis) is a
Roman Catholic
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diocese of
Vietnam
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. It encompasses 4/5 of
Nam Định Province
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in terms of area, including the six districts of
Xuân Trường,
Giao Thủy,
Hải Hậu,
Nghĩa Hưng,
Trực Ninh, and
Nam Trực and part of
Nam Định city. The current bishop of the diocese since August 2013 is
Thomas Aquinas Vũ Đình Hiệu.
Overview
Bùi Chu Diocese covers an area of 1,350 km², and is a
suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Hanoi.
From the late 17th century until 1930s, this was a center of the Spanish
Dominican mission in Vietnam. The covering area of Bùi Chu is the same as at present as it has been from 1936, when it still was an
apostolic vicariate. It was declared a diocese on November 24, 1960.
By 2018, the Diocese of Bùi Chu had about 409,000 believers (32.8% of the population) in 176
parish
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es.
The diocese is divided into 13
deaneries
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: Báo Đáp, Bùi Chu, Đại Đồng, Kiên Chính, Lạc Đạo, Liễu Đề, Ninh Cường, Phú Nhai, Quần Phương, Quỹ Nhất, Thức Hóa, Tứ Trùng, and Tương Nam.
Sites
The
Queen of the Holy Rosary Cathedral in
Xuân Ngọc Commune,
Xuân Trường District, which has been assigned as the see (the location of the
cathedral
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and its Bishop's chair, and thus the headquarters) of the
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. There are 12 Shrines in the diocese. The
Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Phu Nhai is one of them.
There is a traditional charity centre called Nhà Dục Anh (Orphanage House) in the northwest side of the Bùi Chu Cathedral.
The Bui Chu Orphanage - Saint An's Family
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References
Bui Chu
Christian organizations established in 1960
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Bui Chu, Roman Catholic Diocese of
1960 establishments in North Vietnam
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