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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Hải Phòng
The diocese of Hải Phòng () is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Vietnam. The bishop is Vincent Nguyên Văn Ban, since 2022. The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared 24 November 1960. The earliest forms of Roman Catholic institutions appeared in that territory since 1655, with France, French and Spain, Spanish missionaries until the middle of the 20th century.''Asia News Article on Hai Phong, November 2007'' The diocese covers an area of 10,000 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi. By 2004, the diocese of Hai Phòng had about 113,092 believers (2.4% of the population), 29 priests and 62 parishes. Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Hai Phong has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. Many migrant workers from other regions of Vietnam, who work in that busy port city, attend masses in Hai Phong. In 2008, the Bishop of Hai Phong Diocese Joseph Vu Van Thien took part in World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Dioceses In Vietnam
The Catholic Church in Vietnam comprises solely a Latin Church, Latin rite hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, comprising three metropolitan archdioceses and 24 suffragan dioceses. 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 Apostolic Delegation to Vietnam as papal diplomatic representation (residential, below embassy-level), but it is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore. Current Latin dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Hà Nội * Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi, Archdiocese of Hà Nội **Roman Catholic Diocese of Bắc Ninh, Diocese of Bắc Ninh **Roman Catholic Diocese of Bùi Chu, Diocese of Bùi Chu **Roman Catholic Diocese of Hà Tĩnh, Diocese of Hà Tĩnh **Roman Catholic Diocese of Hải Phòng, Diocese of Hải Phòng **Roman Catholic Diocese of Hưng Hóa, Diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
