The Diocese of Vĩnh Long () is a

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diocese in southern

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. The current bishop is Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai, since October 2015. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. The diocese covers an area of 6,772 km², and is a

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of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. By 2014, the diocese of Vĩnh Long had about 199,404 Catholics (4.5% of the population), 179 priests and 209 parishes.

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’s Cathedral in

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town has been assigned as the

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of the

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Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long

* Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục (8 Jan 1938 - 24 Nov 1960), appointed Archbishop of Huế

Bishops of Vĩnh Long

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (13 March 1906 – 13 May 2012) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 106 years of age. He was also one of the last living bishops to have served in South Vietnam. Born in ...

(24 November 1960 - 12 July 1968), appointed

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Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (22 January 1914 – 31 January 2013) was a Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Jacques Mầu was born in Bà Rịa in 1914. He was ordained a priest on 21 September 1940 and served as the R ...

(12 July 1968 - 3 July 2001) #

Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân (December 27, 1940 − August 17, 2013) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1969, Nguyên Văn Tân was named coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long, Vietnam ...

(3 July 2001 - 17 August 2013) # Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai (7 October 2015 - present)

Coadjutor Bishops

* Raphael Nguyễn Văn Diệp (15 August 1975 - 27 May 2000), did not succeed to the see (retired) *Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân (27 May 2000 - 3 July 2001)

Other secular clergy who became bishops

Joseph Trần Văn Thiện Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

(incardinated here in 1938), appointed Bishop of Mỹ Tho in 1960 * Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang (incardinated here in 1938), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cần Thơ in 1965 and later succeeded

References

External links

Official web-site of Diocese of Vinh Long

Vinh Long Vinh () is the capital of Nghệ An province and an economic and cultural center of North-Central Vietnam. A key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the city is situated in the Southeast of ...

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