Roman Catholic Diocese of Vĩnh Long

Diocese of Vinh Long Dioecesis Vinhlongensis Giáo phận Vĩnh Long
Cathedral of Vinh Long
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Ho Chi Minh
Metropolitan	Ho Chi Minh
Statistics
Area	6,772 km2 (2,615 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014) 4,385,000 199,404 (4.5%)
Parishes	209
Information
Denomination	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
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Website
giaophanvinhlong.net

The Diocese of Vĩnh Long (Latin: Dioecesis Vinhlongensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. The current bishop is , 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[]

• 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)
• (7 October 2015 Appointed - present)

References[]

External links[]

• Official web-site of Diocese of Vinh Long

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