Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Cần Thơ | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Canthoensis |
Local: | Giáo phận Cần Thơ |
Province: | Sài Gòn |
Area Km2: | 12,214 |
Population: | 5,849,720 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Catholics: | 188,113 |
Catholics Percent: | 3.2 |
Parishes: | 150 |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Patron: | Sacred Heart |
Priests: | 249 (18 religious priests) |
Bishop: | Stephanus Tri Buu Thiên |
Metro Archbishop: | Joseph Nguyễn Năng |
Coadjutor: | Peter Lê Tấn Lợi |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The diocese of Cần Thơ (Latin: Dioecesis Canthoënsis) 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 13257km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2004, the diocese of Cần Thơ had about 176,424 believers (3% of the population), 153 priests and 131 parishes.[1]
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]