Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang
Diocese of Nha Trang Dioecesis Nhatrangensis Giáo Phận Nha Trang | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established |
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Cathedral | Christ the King in Nha Trang |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop Elect | Joseph Huynh Van Sy |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh |
Bishops emeritus | Joseph Võ Đức Minh |
Website | |
giaophannhatrang.org |
The diocese of Nha Trang (Latin: Dioecesis Nhatrangensis) is a
Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam
.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 9,486 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế.
By 2013, the diocese of Nha Trang had about 200,385 Catholics (11.2% of the population), 191 priests and 90 parishes.[1]
Christ the King Cathedral in Nha Trang has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]
Ordinaries
- Vicar Apostolic
- Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. (5 July 1957 – 24 November 1960)
- Bishops
- Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. (24 November 1960 – 3 July 1966)
- François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuận(13 April 1967 – 24 April 1975)
- Paul Nguyên Van Hòa(25 April 1975 – 4 December 2009)
- Joseph Võ Đức Minh (4 December 2009 – 23 July 2022)
- Joseph Huỳnh Văn Sỹ (1 May 2023 – present)