Roman Catholic Diocese Of Hưng Hóa
The diocese of Hưng Hóa () is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. History François-Marie Savina served in the Hưng Hóa area for 40 years. The current Bishop is Dominic Hoang Minh Tien. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. The diocese covers an area of 54,351 km2, and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi. By 2004, the diocese of Hung Hóa had about 198,000 believers (3.1% of the population), 24 priests and 73 parishes. In 2011, it had 222,647 Catholics, 54 priests, and 191 religious. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Cathedral in Trung Son Tay commune (Hà Tây Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. Ordinaries Vicar Apostolic of Upper Tonking (1895-1924) Vicar Apostolics of Hưng Hóa (1924-1960) Bishops of Hưng Hóa (1960-present) ;Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hưng Hóa (1936-1938) ;Coadjutor Bishop of Hưng Hóa (1976-1985) ;Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa References
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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 ...
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