The diocese of Long Xuyên () is a

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. The bishop is Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu, since 2003. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. The diocese covers an area of 10,243 km², and is a

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of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city. By 2016, the diocese of Long Xuyên had about 247,000 believers (5.9% of the population), 275

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s and 186

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es. Queen of Peace Cathedral in

Long Xuyên Long Xuyên (), formally named Thủ Đông Xuyên, is the capital city of An Giang province, in the Mekong Delta region of south-western Vietnam. History In 1789, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming i ...

town has been assigned as the

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Bishops

Bishops of Long Xuyên

# Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ (24 November 1960 - 30 December 1997) #

Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần (24 June 1928 – 27 July 2024) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop who served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Long Xuyên from 1997 to 2003. Biography Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần was born on 24 June ...

(30 December 1997 - 2 October 2003) # Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu (2 October 2003 - 23 February 2019) #

Joseph Trần Văn Toản Joseph Trần Văn Toản (born 7 April 1955) is a Vietnamese Catholic bishop, currently serving as the Bishop of Long Xuyên since 2019. Biography Early life and education Joseph Trần Văn Toản was born on 7 April 1955 in Tam Kỳ, ...

(23 February 2019 - present)

Coadjutor Bishops

(15 April 1975 - 30 December 1997) * Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu (3 June 1999 - 2 October 2003) *

(25 August 2017 - 23 February 2019)

Auxiliary Bishops

(5 April 2014 - 25 August 2017), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and succeeded as Bishop here

Other secular clergy who became bishops

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(incardinated here in 1960), appointed Bishop of Xuân Lộc in 1974 *

Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (born 4 September 1952 in Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam) is the Archbishop Emeritus of Hanoi where he served as archbishop from 2005 to 2010. In 1993, he studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France. Before b ...

, appointed Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng in 1999 and later Apostolic Administrator and Archbishop of

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References

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