The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mỹ Tho ( la, Dioecesis Mythoënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. The current bishop is Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm, former Auxiliary Bishop of the

Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City The Archdiocese (Metropolitan) of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon; vi, Tổng giáo phận Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, french: Archidiocèse d'Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville, la, Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Hochiminhopolitana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesia ...

. He was appointed by Pope Francis on July 26, 2014, and was installed a month later. His predecessor,

Paul Bùi Văn Đọc Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vi ...

, was named Coadjutor Archbishop and then Archbishop of the

, in September, 2013 and in March, 2014, respectively. The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on November 24, 1960. The diocese covers an area of 9,262 km² and is a

suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...

of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. By 2017, the diocese of Mỹ Tho had about 137,260 Catholics (3.3% of the population), 162 priests and 110 parishes. Immaculate Conception Cathedral in

Mỹ Tho Mỹ Tho () is a city in the Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. It has a population of approximately 169,000 in 2006 and 220,000 in 2012. It is the regional center of economics, education and technology. The majorit ...

town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.GCatholic.org
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Bishops

* Joseph Trần Văn Thiện (24 November 1960 - 24 February 1989) * André Nguyễn Văn Nam (24 February 1989 - 26 March 1999) *

(26 March 1999 - 28 September 2013), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City) * Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm (26 July 2014 – present)

References

Mỹ Tho

My Tho My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

Christian organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century My Tho, Roman Catholic Diocese of 1960 establishments in South Vietnam {{Vietnam-RC-diocese-stub