Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Vinh Long
Latin:Dioecesis Vinhlongensis
Local:Giáo phận Vĩnh Long
Coat:Huy hieu giam muc phero huynh van hai.png
Coat Size:200px
Coat Caption:Coat of Arms of Bishop Hai
Country:Vietnam
Province:Hồ Chi Minh City
Area Km2:6,772
Population:4,385,000
Population As Of:2014
Catholics:199,404
Catholics Percent:4.5
Parishes:209
Cathedral:Cathedral of St Anne in Vĩnh Long
Patron:St Philip Phan Văn Minh
Metro Archbishop:Joseph Nguyễn Năng
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Website:giaophanvinhlong.net

The Diocese of Vĩnh Long (Latin: Dioecesis Vinhlongensis) is a 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 suffragan diocese of the 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]

St. Anne’s Cathedral in Vĩnh Long town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long

Bishops of Vĩnh Long

  1. Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (24 November 1960 - 12 July 1968), appointed Titular Bishop of Hispellum
  2. Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (12 July 1968 - 3 July 2001)
  3. Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân (3 July 2001 - 17 August 2013)
  4. Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai (7 October 2015 - present)

Coadjutor Bishops

Other secular clergy who became bishops

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvinl.html Catholic Hierarchy Directory
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/cathVN.htm#chk GCatholic.org