Roman Catholic Diocese of Hưng Hóa
Diocese of Hưng Hoá Dioecesis Hung Hoaensis Giáo Phận Hưng Hoá | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Ecclesiastical province | Hanoi |
| Metropolitan | Hanoi |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 54,351 km2 (20,985 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 6,581,000 205,020 (3.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Therese of the Child Jesus in Sơn Tây |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Dominic Hoang Minh Tien |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên |
| Bishops emeritus | Jean Marie Vu Tât |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The diocese of Hưng Hóa (Latin: Dioecesis Hung Hoaënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.
History[edit]
François-Marie Savina served in the Hưng Hóa area for 40 years.[1]
The current Bishop is Dominic Hoang Minh Tien.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 54,351 km2, and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.
By 2004, the diocese of Hung Hóa had about 198,000 believers (3.1% of the population), 24 priests and 73 parishes.[2] In 2011, it had 222,647 Catholics, 54 priests, and 191 religious.
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Cathedral in Trung Son Tay commune (Hà Tây Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation -Charles Keith - 2012 Page 123 "The most notable of these authors was François-Marie Savina, who during his nearly forty years in the hưng hóa region ... From the 1880s until the First World War, much of the increasingly literate French population learned about the nation's ..."
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy Directory
- ^ GCatholic.org
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| Province of Hue | ||
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