Christ the King Cathedral, Nha Trang

For other similarly named churches, see Christ the King Cathedral.

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Church in Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam

Christ the King Cathedral
Cathédrale du Christ-Roi
Nhà thờ chính tòa Kitô Vua
Roman Catholic Church
Architecture
Architect(s)	Louis Vallet (1869-1945)
Architectural type	Gothic Style
Specifications
Height	38m (from road surface)

Map

The Christ the King Cathedral[1] (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ chính tòa Kitô Vua; French: Cathédrale du Christ-Roi), also called Nha Trang Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Núi Nha Trang; French: Cathédrale de Nha Trang), is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang in central Vietnam.^[2]

The parish was founded in 1886 by French missionaries. The present church was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1928 as a parish church, depending on the Apostolic Vicariate of Quinhon. It was consecrated at Easter 1930 under the title of "Christ the King". Then it was attended by a famous French priest in the Foreign Missions of Paris, Louis Vallet (1869-1945), who is buried there and devoted his life to his parishioners.

When the apostolic vicariate was erected in 1957 and the diocese created in 1960, with Monsignor Paquet from the Foreign Missions as the first bishop, the church was chosen as the cathedral.

The cathedral, very well located in the upper part of this coastal city, has a remarkable amount of stained glass windows depicting saints, including several French saints, such as

Gallery

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  Main entrance
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  Side
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  Facade
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  Side
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  Cung Thánh
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  The altar at the end
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  Side view of the church from Our Lady Square
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  A ceremony inside the church
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  Arched door architecture in the hallway

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Vietnam

References