Roman Catholic Diocese of Vinh

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vinh

The diocese of Vinh (Latin: Dioecesis Vinhensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Vietnam. The bishop is Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên, since 2000.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 30,783 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Vinh had about 453,018 believers (7.9% of the population), 126 priests and 143 parishes.[1]

Assumption Cathedral in Nghi Dien Commune (Nghe An Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]

References

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy Directory
  2. ^ Giga Catholic Information