The Diocese of
Thanh Hóa
Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City. Thanh ...
( la, Dioecesis de Thanh Hoa) is a
Roman Catholic
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diocese of
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. The bishop since 2018 is
Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường. Of the three million persons living in its area about 3% are Roman Catholics.
The diocese covers an area of 11,168 km², and is a
suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Hà Nôi. It was erected on May 7, 1932 as a
Vicariate Apostolic. On November 24, 1960 it was elevated to a diocese.
Immaculate Conception
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Cathedral in
Thanh Hoa city has been assigned as the
Cathedral
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of the
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
.
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References
External links
Thanh Hóa
Thanh Hoa
Christian organizations established in 1932
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Thanh Hoa, Roman Catholic Diocese of
1932 establishments in Vietnam
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