Diocese of Ðà Lat
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The Diocese of Ðà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.
The current bishop is Pierre Nguyên Van Nhon, who was enthroned in 1994. More than 20% of the one million people living in the diocese are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.
The diocese covers an area of 10,172 km² of southern Vietnam, and is a part of the Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh. It was created on November 24, 1960. In 1967 part of it was split off and became part of the diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt.
