Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long
Diocese of Vinh Long Dioecesis Vinhlongensis Giáo phận Vĩnh Long | |
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Roman Catholic | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Anne in Vĩnh Long |
| Patron saint | St Philip Phan Văn Minh |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Nguyễn Năng |
| Website | |
| giaophanvinhlong.net | |
The Diocese of Vĩnh Long (
Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. 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
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.[1]
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic
- Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục (8 Jan 1938 Appointed - 24 Nov 1960 Appointed, Archbishop of Huế)
Bishops
- Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện(24 November 1960 Appointed - 12 July 1968 Resigned)
- Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (12 July 1968 Appointed - 3 July 2001 Retired)
- Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân (3 July 2001 Succeeded - 17 August 2013 Died)
- Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai (7 October 2015 Appointed - present)
References
External links
| Province of Hanoi |  | |
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| Province of Hue | ||
| Province of Saigon | ||
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