Roman Catholic Diocese of Long Xuyên
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Diocese of Long Xuyên
Dioecesis Longxuyensis
Giáo phận Long Xuyên
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Long Xuyên Cathedral
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Location | |
Country | Vietnam |
Ecclesiastical province | Ho Chi Minh |
Metropolitan | Ho Chi Minh |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 3,995,339 234,360 (5.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 24 November 1960 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Queen of Peace in Long Xuyên |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul Bui Van Đoc |
Auxiliary Bishops | Joseph Tran Văn Toan |
Emeritus Bishops | Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân Bishop Emeritus (1997-2003) |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The diocese of Long Xuyên (Latin: Dioecesis Longxuyensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop is Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu, since 2003.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 10,243 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2004, the diocese of Long Xuyên had about 234,360 believers (5.9% of the population), 189 priests and 113 parishes.[1]
Queen of Peace Cathedral in Long Xuyên town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]
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