Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuân Lộc explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Xuân Lộc
Latin:Dioecesis Xuanlocensis
Local:Giáo phận Xuân Lộc
Country:Vietnam
Province:Hồ Chi Minh City
Area Km2:5,965
Population:3,910,000
Population As Of:2022
Catholics:1,073,179
Catholics Percent:27.4
Parishes:277
Denomination:Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:14 October 1965
Cathedral:Christ the King in Long Khánh
Patron:Saint Joseph
Priests: 465
Bishop:John Đo Văn Ngân
Metro Archbishop:Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops:Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo
Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuân Lộc (Latin: Dioecesis Xuanlocensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of Christ the King (Nhà thờ Chính toà Chúa Giêsu Vua), dedicated to Christ the King, in Long Khánh, Đồng Nai, Southeastern Vietnam. The bishop, since January 16, 2021, is John Đỗ Văn Ngân.

History

Statistics

As of 2014, the diocese pastorally served 921,489 Catholics (30.5% of 3,020,800 total) on 5,964 km² in 246 parishes with 498 priests (359 diocesan, 139 religious), 2,256 lay religious (447 brothers, 1,809 sisters) and 168 seminarians.

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Bishops of Xuân Lôc

  1. Joseph Lê Văn Ấn (14 October 1965 - 17 June 1974)
  2. Dominique Nguyên Văn Lãng (1 July 1974 - 22 February 1988)
  3. Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật (22 February 1988 - 30 September 2004)
  4. Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh (30 September 2004 - 7 May 2016)
  5. Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo (7 May 2016 - 16 January 2021)
  6. John Đỗ Văn Ngân (16 January 2021 - present)

Coadjutor Bishops

Auxiliary Bishops

  1. Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm (6 March 1992 - 22 November 2005), appointed Bishop of Bà Rịa
  2. Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu (25 July 2009 - 24 December 2012), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu and later succeeded
  3. Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo (28 February 2013 - 4 June 2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and subsequently succeeded here
  4. John Đỗ Văn Ngân (2 May 2017 - 16 January 2021), appointed Bishop here

Other secular clergy who became bishops

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