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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cần Thơ

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Diocese of Cân Tho

Dioecesis Canthoensis

Giáo phận Cần Thơ
Cân Tho Cathedral
Location
CountryVietnam
Ecclesiastical provinceHo Chi Minh
MetropolitanHo Chi Minh
Statistics
Area12,214 km2 (4,716 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
4,836,900
181,856 (3.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopStephanus Tri Buu Thiên
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaul Bui Van Đoc
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocese of Cần Thơ (Template:Lang-la) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

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

The diocese covers an area of 13,257 km2 (5,119 sq mi), and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.

By 2004, the diocese of Cần Thơ had about 176,424 believers (3% of the population), 153 priests and 131 parishes.[1]

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]

Bishops

References

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy Directory
  2. ^ GCatholic.org


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