The Diocese of Đà Nẵng () is a

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diocese in central

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. The bishop is Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân since 2016. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared January 18, 1963. The diocese covers an area of 11,690 km², and is a

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of the Archdiocese of Huế. By 2004, the diocese of Đà Nang had about 57,870 believers (2.7% of the population), 68

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Cathedral in

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has been assigned as the

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of the

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Bishops

Bishops of Đà Nẵng (1963-present)

;Coadjutor Bishops of Đà Nẵng (1975-2000)

Other secular clergy who became bishops

Joseph Lê Văn Ấn Joseph Lê Văn Ấn (September 10, 1916 − June 17, 1974) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1944, Lê Văn Ấn was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuân Lộc, Vietnam Vietnam, offic ...

(incardinated here in 1963), appointed Bishop of Xuân Lộc in 1965 *

Dominic Mai Thanh Lương Dominic Mai Thanh Lương (20 December 1940 – 6 December 2017) was a Vietnamese-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange from 2003-15. Early life and education Mai Thanh Lương was bor ...

(priest here, 1966-1976), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange and

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in 2003 *

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(priest here, 1990-2003), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa and

of Gummi in Bizacena in 2013 and later Bishop of Vinh

References

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