Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Nẵng

Diocese of Đà Nẵng Dioecesis Danangensis Giáo phận Đà Nẵng
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Huế
Metropolitan	Huế
Statistics
Area	11,690 km2 (4,510 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 2,300,000 60,231 (2.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral in Da Nang
Patron saint	Sacred Heart
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Bishops emeritus	Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh Bishop Emeritus (2000-2006)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocese of Đà Nẵng (Latin: Dioecesis Đànẵngensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Vietnam. The bishop is Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri since 2006.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared January 18, 1963.

The diocese covers an area of 11,690 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế.

By 2004, the diocese of Đà Nang had about 57,870 believers (2.7% of the population), 68 priests and 38 parishes.^[1]

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Da Nang has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[2]

Bishops[]

• Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi (January 18, 1963 - January 21, 1988)
• François Xavier Nguyên Quang Sách (January 21, 1988 - November 6, 2000)
• Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S. (November 6, 2000 - May 13, 2006)
• Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri (May 13, 2006 - March 12, 2016), appointed
• Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân (since March 12, 2016)

References[]

Coordinates: 16°04′00″N 108°13′24″E / 16.0667°N 108.2233°E / 16.0667; 108.2233

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